I went to the well today with 6 balls of clay. I've been told to stop practising using red earthenware clay. This is cheap clay and is a lot rougher than stoneware. Close very tough and you have to apply a lot of pressure, the 1st skill of throwing is getting clay centred. This is done by pushing the clay up into a cylinder, then back down again into around tablet. After attempting to send to my place several times I got very impatient and tried opening them up into a ball, every time the ball collapse. I created 6 cases of rubbish.

I later researched this is how to center.