A piece I made three years ago just came back for repair

A customer brought in a small vase I blew in my old studio in Tacoma. It had a hairline crack near the base. I made it back in 2021, and seeing it again was a real surprise. It made me think about how my annealing cycle was less consistent back then. I used to run my kiln a bit cooler to save on propane. Has anyone else had an old piece return with issues that pointed to a past technique you've since improved?

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phoenix_singh2519d ago

Man, that's like getting a time capsule of your old mistakes.

phoenix_singh2519d ago

Totally get that. I used to find old code from my first projects and cringe. The trick was to just pick one small thing to fix. Like, I had this login page with broken links everywhere. I fixed just the password reset flow first. Seeing that one part work gave me the push to tackle the rest bit by bit. It stops feeling like a mountain of old junk.

beth14719d ago

Yeah, and the worst part is past you left all the cleanup for present you.