Starting form a slab base each piece is handbuilt using coils, gradually building up the form. To allow one piece to stiffen before adding another, two or three pieces are worked on at the same time. The form is developed
by "paddling" and scraping and compressing
before smoothing with a rubber kidney. Detail is added using a combination
of blobs, slabs and coils of clay. An assortment of tubing, pipes and various
oddments are sometimes pushed into the clay for other fine details. The shape of the mouth, fur and feathers
are drawn on a piece with a scriber and holes
are pierced through to make nostrils.
