When I first made these I did not know what I was doing. All I did was take some mud and made a big thick ball. Then shaped a heart. I placed it on a solid surface in the sunlight and then I went inside for the night. The next day I went outside around twelve thirty then I saw the hearts. I thought it would break when I picked it up. I closed my eyes and picked the little heart sculpture up, but it did not break. That is the story of how I first did pottery!