Big girl panties....

So I challenged myself yesterday.   Typically, my "comfort zone" when it comes to throwing is up to 2 or 2 1/2 lbs of clay.  Yeah, I'm a wuss.  Yesterday, I pulled up those big girl panties, wedged up a 3 lb and a 5 lb hunk of clay.  And, by golly, when all was done, I had 2 nice big bowls.  I covered them up, and anxious to trim them.

Trimming time.  Everything was on the dry side of leather hard.  Carefully putting the 3 lb bowl on my trusty Griffin Grip, I trimmed a beautiful foot.  As I lifted it up to put on the shelf,  I heard that sound.  You know, of dry clay cracking.

'sigh'........

Everything else went smoothly.

So, try again another day.

Lesson to self.  Trim before rims get too dry.  Duh......