Freshly carved, the handle whittled after spending a few days beneath plastic wraps, slowly drying, the soft handle acclimatising to the firmer body of the cup. I don’t carve every handled vessel I make, but sometimes, a little work goes a long way, and in this case, it helped to perfect the curve on the underside greatly, especially how it interacts with ledge on the top join. This cups ‘crispness’ will also soften rather a lot once glazed, the glaze melts, filling the sharper corners…