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So I have a tool nearby to turn on my torch, because my hands are always a little bit too
wet to do so. Turn it on. Get the flame going. And then turn the wheel on slowly, and hold
the flame to the pot. Now again, the purpose of doing this is so there will be a little
bit more strength. When the clay is very wet, it tends to want to flop down, so this will
let me pull it a little bit more out, without having that problem. You want to move the
flame. Don't keep it in one place for too long. And try to evenly dry this pot. And
you don't want to get it super dry, so you only want to do this for maybe thirty seconds
total. Maybe a minute, it depends on how wet your piece is, how big it is, and how dry
you need it to be. So I'm going to feel that. You can see, it's a little firmer, I can touch
it without it moving, but it's not, I can still smear it, so it's not reached any kind
of leather-hard state or anything like that. So, now I'll show you how you can stretch
this slightly drier piece a little bit more to make your bottom a little bit more voluminous.