Name: Reine Cleveland, Texas (Zone 9a) On the 3rd day God created plants.
After caudiciforms, my favorite thing is playing in clay. As a young child I made lots of mud pies and other assorted objects with sticks, leaves, rocks (rocks, my 3rd favorite hobby) and mud.
Clay lasts forever, if stored correctly. I still have blocks of clay that are more than 40 years old. And thankfully my 25 year old electric kiln still works.
4 months ago the mud bug returned and I started playing with clay again. Recently I fired a load of 54 pots, here are some of them.