The most important thing to learn when working with ceramics is patience.

The most important thing to learn when working with ceramics is patience. I have learned this the hard way over and over. And today unfortunately I have learned it again. My tree of life I was creating for the OTC shul has exploded 🙁 I was so excited to paint it that I fired it after only 1 week of drying time. It looked and felt dry but I guess it was was still wet in the inside. But as any good ceramic artist know you have to enjoy the work and not cry over exploded, cracked work.