In one of my final projects I used the wheel to make a pot. The techniques I used to make it involved multiple steps. I first started off by take about a pound of clay and rolling into a ball. Then I trough the clay at the center of the wheel, causing it to stick firmly so i could start the spinning process. I Next started to pat on the dome so that it would turn to a triangle. Then I pushed my four fingers into the top lifting it up. then I placed my thumb into the center to create the hole. and then widened it with my thumb and four fingers. this caused it to have a constant thickness. After getting the proper shape I took it off the board with a wire and fired it. Bellow is after the first fireing, it still needs to be glazed and fired agien.