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Hi I'm Kevin and on behalf of ExpertVillage.com. Our next step is compression this is very
important. If we don't compress the clay down at the bottom we are going to end up with
a crack like I showed you earlier. And how we do that again water on the clay because
my hands will get wet soon as I touch it nice and slick. So our pot is nice and thick and
what we want to do is compress it down. And how we do this we take one finger sometimes
you can use two and again touching. We start in the center and I start pressing down you
can see little divot right there. We start pressing down and pulling out and then since
this is a bowl I'm going to make the bottom do this. So it's a bowl if you want a flat
bottom bowl that's fine too. See these little rings those are little throw rings those are
good there nice and tight together. And what we don't want is this unless it's a decorational
piece that you do toward the end. But generally I tell people you want to do it three times,
there's one, then back down and I'm pressing down and there's two this fingers doing all
the work right here but the rest of them rest of this hand this hand this hand is all for
stability. And I?m pressing down but not so hard that I go down to the bat. Need to add
some more water and here comes the third one. Back up and if you feel like you've got to
do more or things are things are cracking on you do it as many times as want. As long
as those rings right there, those lines are nice and tight together bringing it up.