Thanks Pie eye?
It took me at least a few years before I was ever really stoked on any of my pieces from an objective view point. It only took about 2 months before I was making something that I could pack and not be embarrassed busting out in front of strangers.
My first day on the torch I burned the shit out of my calf, walking into the hot kiln, and cut 3 fingers trying to break tube. It got better from there.