For my pit firing piece I started by making the basket from clay. I got a large piece of clay and flattened it then cut it in long strips. After I had cut it in the strips, I used a mold and started wrapping the strips around it in one direction and then weaving the rest into it in the other direction. After I made the basket we fired it and then wrapped it in foil with leaves and sticks that would burn and make the smokey affect.