2-4. This is then thinned and rounded by paddling, adding coils rolled out on board and continuing to paddle until the form is a smooth, slightly flattened globe

5-6. The funnel-like mouth and spout are each made as solid forms, pierced and opened out with a bamboo stick and then rolled and stroked with various tools into the right shape. The three components are left to stiffen until leather hard and then each is smoothed over with a moistened stick.

7. To join the pieces, the edges are moistened and then pressed together with strips of wet clay to bind the join. Further reinforcement is provided by an additional coil of clay pressed around the outside of both joins, pressed and smoothed over with a round stick. Finally, it is left to dry for one night, which will then be burnished with a stone