Trimming a Huge Bowl

This video shows how to trim a huge bowl with a pocket foot (or recessed foot). This is part 2 of a 3 video series showing how to throw, trim, and decorate a large bowl.
Part 1, Throwing the Bowl: • Throwing a Huge Salad ...
Part 3: Sgraffito surface decoration: • Sgraffito Decoration o...
To trim this style of foot, I first trim the wall into one curving line. Then, I begin removing clay from the center of the foot. As I go deeper, I constantly test the clay. If it flexes, that means it's at the proper thickness and it's time to stop trimming.
As I trim, usually I can make the foot a little bit lower and deeper, as shown in this video. Finally, I dry the bowl under plastic so that there is no cracking or stress on the bowl.
Good luck and share any questions or your experience with trimming big bowls in the comments.
Timestamps
00:30 Flipping the bowl
01:39 Centering the bowl and joining to bat with clay lugs
03:22 Trimming the walls
06:31 Trimming the pocket foot
11:41 Taking the foot even lower
13:58 Smoothing the walls and cleaning up
16:22 Concluding thoughts on slow drying bowls to prevent cracking
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Thank you for this. Very informative. I was wanting to throw large this season and your instruction is very friendly.