I work with the smoking firing technique learned in the 2010s and later developed through personal experimentation dedicated to the exclusive use of smoke and selfmade engobe using chamotte-sifted clay. My works are coilbuilt with semirefractory white clay. Before bisque firing (980°-1050°), they are refined with tools and materials that define the tactile character of their surface: agate stone, glass, metal, engobes or terra sigillata for smooth and polished pieces, abrasive materials for rough and porous ones. After the first firing, the pieces are often smoothed again using diamond pads and coated with masking materials such as fabrics, paper or engobes of different thicknesses. Raku firing (900°-950°) and subsequent reduction fix the surface design with smoke, whose colour range varies from intense black to ivory white, obtaining infinite shades of grey. The final outcome is the result of a combination of several factors such as temperature, quantity and quality of sawdust, thickness of the engobes. Small variations in these elements lead to multiple expressions and represent the impulse to a continuous research, where intuition and experience are inextricably linked to unexpected and unpredictable factors.