Can we talk about the moment you realized a 'mistake' was actually a new technique?

I was trying to forge a leaf scroll for a gate in my backyard three years ago and accidentally let the tip of the iron get way too thin before bending it. Instead of cracking, it just coiled into this perfect, tight spiral I could never get on purpose. Has anyone else stumbled into a better method by messing up a basic step?

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clark.iris1mo ago

Totally saw a video about that with pottery glazes once!

gavin_kim31mo ago

Yeah, that glaze video was a game changer. Following their exact mixing ratio finally got my colors to turn out right.