Making the best of a bad thing

Twice now I've made these funny little sculptures. About 5 or 6 in each pit firing and both times they have broken in the firing process. I even got stronger clay but to no avail. The second firing was worse and these 2 were the only ones that sort of survived. I hate waste. So polished them up and took their photos. The ones from the first firing are still on my desk. My original plan for them fell through not helped by the breakage. The frustration is immense. But what can I do? The process is fickle and I don't have the luxury of a bisque fire in a posh kiln first, not that I think I would want to anyway.I think I'm done with these figures for now. 

Some drawings

Pencil drawings on brown paper. Drawn with the freedom of not to much thinking.

Untitled, 2023

Untitled dry point with gold leaf. Edition of 8. The gold leaf came about because I made a big smudge above one of the prints. So essentially a fancy cover up that worked out for the better.  Its about an a5 size print on a4 size paper.