Working on a butter dish top — one of the trickiest techniques in pottery: throwing a closed form. It’s all about drawing the walls up evenly, then carefully bringing the clay together to close over without collapsing it. Easier said than done! As you can see, it went a bit wobbly in the middle 🤣 but I managed to coax it back and bring the clay into the centre. When it’s done right, the trapped air inside helps the dome keep its shape as it firms up — like a little cushion of support from the i