My biggest pottery frustration
My biggest pottery frustration is that I almost always throw my piece off center when opening.
I have been slowing down and taking my time centering lately to make sure my “puck” is very centered before moving to the next step. But as soon as I take a finger down to create a hole, I’m thrown off center.
I’ve tried speeding up the wheel, slowing down the wheel, using any/all different fingers, using 2 fingers, pushing faster, slower, etc. nothing helps.
It’s not always terribly off centered, but when I then go to open and start pulling the clay open (typically with my index finger pulling towards 6 o’clock) it becomes VERY off center. Again, I’ve tried so many ways to remedy this and it happens nearly every single time I throw.
Why does this happen? I honestly can’t even envision how to do this step without throwing it off at this point. What is your method for preventing this? What the heck am I doing wrong??