All of our patterns start with three somewhat dark base colors and a fourth color which is used to lighten and brighten the other three. This fourth color is usually White, but we sometimes also use Tan, Yellow or Gray for other interesting effects. The finished product is called a "cane" and can be compared to a roll of slice-and-bake cookie dough where the pattern is visible in any cross-section.

RECYCLED starts with junk clay in a particular color scheme, usually leftover from the making of another cane. It is rolled into a jellyroll and surrounded by black and white stripes. The stripey circle is cut, reassembled, reduced and recombined to make a complex square cane with large and small stripe-surrounded swirls.

This pattern was first developed in 2003