 Okay, this is the bowl that I threw a few days ago. It's dried to a point that's called leather heart, and now I'm going to trim it one I determined a bat I could bat big enough also to have to hold the bowl And I want to make sure that the whole first step is to make sure it's level but after these bats aren't completely level I thought warping the bat I threw on wasn't perfect the bat I'm trimming on isn't perfect but I want the bottom to be level meaning when I hold my Tool down there's not one side higher than the other because not level never center it'll go this way and that way and So I've got it level this way And I've got it centered this way I'm only centering where I'm going to be trimming the breast of this bowl is Not perfect a bowl of this size or a bedding size is very seldom perfect from top to bottom Actually, we're all very seldom perfect from top to bottom But I'm going to make sure it's trimmed here and level there And I'm going to trim this away to make a nice foot on on the ball This trimming tool I've used for not this one to this brand Trimming tools are personal. I personally like this one. So now I've got it just following the side of the ball You notice this board this bowl is sitting just on a wooden bat. There's no ball that's labeling it There's nothing moisture on this bat head To hold the bowl down now. I'm going to cut a definite foot For this to sit on This gives the bowl a nice definition on the wheel on the wheel on the table It makes sure that underneath the ball is an undercut So you can't really see when you glaze in the bowl where the glaze and ends in the clay starts This is a dark place. I'll be blazing with a dark place. And now I've got that Line and also keep in mind that you do have a finite amount of play. You can't keep trimming There's a tapping sound That's still quite thick. There's a lot of clay there Whatever reason when you stop these they move a bit Anyway, so now I'm not going to take any more off of that and I'm going to make Foot for to sit on If you're when you're first starting you can draw with the needle to determine the size of foot you like And then I'm just going to take my needle my needle my Tuning tool from the middle and go out in the radius to where I've made Notice how I'm connected my hands are connected my elbows on my knee my bodies into my arm my elbows into my shoulders into my knee and I'm all connected. I'm just running on that radius I think a pot should look as tight in this trim and finished on the bottom as it looks on the top Now I've got a nice trim and one thing I like to do is I like to undercut in here When it gives it a nice presence Because the pot come drops down And has this angle It also when you're blazing these are a bit of a challenge if you're Dipping the rim or whatever you have when it's this you have a handle. There's something to hold on to for the bowl So this is a nice bowl. It's it's moved a bit, but that's okay Now I've opened up all the clay When cutting it so I'm going to seal it By running a sponge over it brings up those little particles to the surface and You can't really see where the trim started and the throwing ended You want to like I said before have it as tidy on the bottom on the top So you don't want to see trimming lines or fingerprints or anything else. You want a nice smooth Finish this is a kitchen bowl. It should look nice in the kitchen Now I don't sign a pot at this stage I like to sign them when they completely dry. I sponge it With I get it wet and then sign with a pen or a pencil But I do like to make it into fine stamps. This is where this bowl came from There is it's trimmed what I'm going to do is I'm going to put it on the board that I threw it on And I'm gonna wet the board and I'm gonna put away or paper between my bowl and The board because what happens When it dries Is it can stick right to the bat again? And if it's completely stuck to the bat it won't shrink in the drying and you can get a lot of pressure cracks It can show up either in drying or show up in the glaze But if you put this layer of paper between your bowl and your bat It'll stick to the paper and release much easier Anyway, that's trimming a bowling and turn upside down and then you've got a whole year boy I never actually touched the pieces when I'm what I'm trimming them I always keep them sandwiched between two bags. Okay, so Jim helped me turn it over We didn't drop it which is a good thing and now it's really stuck to this bat And it's easier if you try to lift it up you lift up the whole bottom the whole thing in the bowl And it just falls off it gets messy if you tap You can hear the difference and then it's off And now I have I've made it's not a mess of but it was attached to the to the bat here And I want just to tidy it. This doesn't have to be perfectly centered. I'm just going to sponge So this ball won't be that centered But it I'm not throwing the bowl or doing anything to it. I'm just sponging it and I don't take the time to center So then I've got a nice smooth finish From the inside the ball the rim is smooth and it's joined in the sponge it in the outside of all and it's just it looks Tidy from top to bottom and it's trimmed