Preparing clay elements in Thanh Hà village 3/8 : Cutting off the ends of the coil

Nguyễn Thị Bê uses both hands to roll clay on the board. She does several actions to create a coil 50cm long for 6-7cm diameter that she will place down on a board on the floor, under her working board. One of these actions is to cut off a handful of clay from both ends of the coil, that are usually thinner than the center, and stick them back on the new ends of the coil. While she is preparing the coil, Nguyễn Thị Bê is also using her right foot to set in motion the wheel on which Nguyễn Thị Thủy is making pots. This requires an important coordination that few people in the village master. On this picture, Nguyễn Thị Bê pauses the coil she is making to hold on her working board with both hands to put more force on the wheel with her foot. She also stops when the pot is done, to take it off the wheel to dry in the courtyard.