I am new to clay and wheels and right now trying to learn to tap to center, this morning while practicing and somewhat struggling with it, I thought that tapping it with a stick in place of my hand I'd be able to better control the tapping force, like this:
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snipped-for-privacy@rogers.com/videos/tappingL.wmvI didn't have a real bowl to try it with, so I used a plastic bowl,wrapped a plastic glove around the stick to simulate the softness andthickness of my hand's side. The idea is to very slowly and graduallyslide left the stick configuration (on my left hand) while tapping thestick on the bowl, stopping once we deem the bowl centered, whiletapping keep your eyes on the bowl not the stick. Anyway, it may helpsomeone (or not). Guillermo