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Okay, so once your bowl is centered and stuck to the bat, you're going to take your ribbon
tool. This is called a ribbon tool because when you start trimming, it makes a ribbon
of clay just like that. And you're going to gently, you want to keep your hand very smooth,
very steady, just finish off your curve at the bottom. Make sure it's a nice, pretty
bell.
Once you've done that, trim the foot in from the side. Give it what will be an undercut,
when it's turned right side up. And now, because this is a berry bowl, and we want to have
some space between the bowl and the plate, we've left a really thick base here, and we're
going to trim some of that out. You want to stop where you've got a half an inch to three
quarters of an inch on the edge, and that's going to be your foot. Now, because I'm going
to be punching holes in this, I want it to be thick enough that I'm not going to depress
it down. You'll learn eventually, by tapping, how thick it is. You hit it, and you hear
a drum-like sound, and the more you've done it, the more you'll be able to tell just exactly
how thick it is, just by tapping. And this one is at a good level right now. So there's
the foot. And now, because it's a variable, I like to give it a three piece foot. So I
take my clay knife, and I make a little incision, and cut one piece out. Make sure you've got
your angle for your three pieces. Take out another. And then a third. So that gives you
three little feet that your bowl is going to sit on. And next, we'll cut the holes to
make it a colander.