"The pieces are hand built from thin, soft slabs of a cone 6, white stoneware clay using a hollow technique I developed to lighten the sculptures. Two almost identical shapes are cut from the clay, but instead of putting them together in matching positions for a front and a back, I reverse one of the pieces to create an undulating and folding form. I then attach the individual sides together to form one mushroom and puff air into the hollow base of the small form to add more volume. The mushroom forms are entirely hollow unless they are only one layer thick. The tree limbs and sections of rotting trunks are also hollow with internal structural supports. When stiffened a bit and can hold their shape (a state called leatherhard), the individual mushrooms are attached to a shaped base or a clay “log” keeping the hole in the stem open for steam to escape during the firing processes into the log or base shape. After completely drying, the pieces go through the first firing process called the bisque. When cooled, the sculptures are then finished with multiple ceramic stains, colorants, and glazes for the final decoration and are fired this time to cone 6 in an electric kiln."