Clumsy, Clumsy, Me

I made a big, round  baker yesterday.  To be fair, it's not all that big probably, but for me, this was a big, wide piece.  I had to take the drip pan off my wheel in order to have room to get the tool I was using where I needed it so that I could clean up the sides.  Anyway, I was feeling pretty good about what I'd created.  Maybe too good.  As I was moving it to the table and sliding it out of the way, my hand slipped and I poked the side of it with my thumb.  No more big, round baker.

After a few minutes of being disgusted with myself, I decided to do the adult thing and NOT smash it with my fist.  The poke didn't go all the way through, so I put it back on the wheel to see if I could fix it.  I never got it back exactly how it was before the accident, but I managed to salvage it.  When it is still, you can't really tell that its out of round a little bit.

The handles went on today.  Since I'd kind of goofed it up already, I tried experimenting a little bit with the handles.  First I tried pulling handles.  That did NOT work...for a number of reasons, so I pulled those off and tried again.  In this picture, the handle on the left looks like it is out of proportion with the piece.  I hope that is just perspective.  The handles were the same size when I made them and the one on the right looks OK size wise to me.  My current focus is on making substantial handles.  I've been feeling like some of my handles were too delicate for the pots they were going on, so I'm working to correct that.  I will try to remember to share a picture of this when it is finished.