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O.k. once we've made our cone shape twice and pressed it down, and centered the clay;
we're ready to start the actual form itself. So wetting your hands, gripping the piece
lightly and then making a hole in the center and then filling the hole with water; and
going down approximately a half inch from the bottom. Going to go straight down. The
next step is with your thumbs going in opposite directions, since this is going to be a shallow
bowl; we're not going to go straight across the bottom, we're going to go slightly up
from the bottom as we get to the outside diameter of the form. And this will be the shallow curve that will
start the bottom of the form; leaving the piece slowly. And at regular intervals you
want to take out any water from the bottom; you don't want to have standing water in the
bottom of the form.