21-JUL-2024

Last week's bisque load.
There's glazing to do!
The buff clay gets bumpy when pushed much beyond a soft cone 6.
The IMCO Red Velvet Classic and DC 3-5 clays take going a bit hot just fine.

All the lids - except the wide mouth mug to the right, with the white lid - are 80mm (wet).
Standard sizes can be really helpful! Several factors can influence the final dimension, e.g. how damp the clay was when the ware was thrown, how thick it is, how curved the walls are, in which direction the final adjustment/tweak was made, the clay batch...
Hence, extra lids are handy - match them up to what they fit.
With practice, the final size is getting more consistent.
80mm dries and fires down to just over 70mm or so; up to a "large" hand can reach in for cleaning, a Melita filter holder is well supported, one's nose is within whilst sipping, but field of vision is only partially obstructed.
iow, it's a good size!
For those with larger hands, for soup, for a very large mug (well over a pint), a larger opening makes sense.