Something I've been playing around with after reading Chritie Friesen's latest book Under the Sea, is incorporating beads into the clay.

Her work is amazing and her books are great to read for pure entertainment value even if you have no interest in clay... You can find more of her work here...http://www.cforiginals.net/

So while inspired by CF, they're nothing like hers, although I'd love it if I was told they looked like hers.... But! I'm a realist. Well almost.