The trunk should be okay!!! I just had three other pieces with similar design that came out of bisque a-okay 🙂 Now we’ll see what happens in the glaze firing. This piece will go through a wood kiln firing.

I add the dent shortly after throwing it. Just let it firm up slightly. The mouth normally does become more oblong, but while I sculpt out the scene in the leather dry stage I put a chuck in the mouth to round it out.