When I started the wheel I expected to do a lot worse than just making things with regular clay. In the beginning I had a lot of fun with it but I couldn’t keep the speed under control and couldn’t handle the clay. I asked Olivia for help and she told me about her technique, I was able to make the clay more centered and secured when I used her advice. As I continued I was more able to center it but not able to make a cylinder. Making the shape of it and making it taller was very difficult for me because I could not seem to make the walls even and strong they would break. After a couple days of trying and failing I asked Ms A for help and she showed me that I should rest my elbows on my knees and have complete control over the clay. I was able to use her technique when making it taller as well. I used one finger to lift and the other inside, I did very well with this. Immediately after she gave me advice I made a successful cylinder. I didn’t make as many as I wanted too because I seemed to forget the technique when the weekend came but when I got back to school I started to be able to do that and I wanted to make my teapot on the wheel but decided not too.