Mathilda demonstrated throwing on the hump

Mathilda Tanner demonstrates how you can make many tiny little cups on a big hump of clay.

After centering the hump on the wheel, she opens a tiny amount of clay right at the top

 Cutting the cup off the hump with a wire tool

And Mathilda carefully lifts the wet cup from the bottom...it can be straightened and trimmed later

The freshly thrown cups lean every which way because their bottoms are still wet and just cut off the hump...they will be turned upside down soon and trimmed evenly.

Some cups waiting to be trimmed

Take a break, cover with plastic, come back the next day to trim the bottoms.

They aren't dry enough to trim, so she turned them over and let the bottoms get dry enough to trim.