Working, I use slab methods, impressing textures, draping or folding clay slabs over bunched cloth to stiffen for shapes and curves. I cut, model, and join, press out, and impress and scratch textures. I try various oxides, slips, and glazes. I like to use unpredictable firing techniques: raku, sawdust smoking, and wood and salt firing. Random surprises are interesting to me.