# With your hand active, right click the clay, Create > Containers > ([[#Items covered in this tutorial|select]] which container you want to make).
## If you want to improve the quality of your [[Category:Pottery items|clay item]] now is the time. Examining it (right click, Examine) will tell you the current [[quality]], [[damage]] and what items are required to improve it. If you activate those items, right clicking your clay item will give you an Improve option. If you fail to improve it you will damage it.
### IMPORTANT - You can no improve the clay item after they are turned into pottery items. You should Improve it before you make the pottery item.
# Unless you have a [[kindling]] in your inventory you will need to make it. You will also need [[log]]s, [[peat]] or [[tar]] to fuel the fire once you have started it.
## Cut a [[tree]] down and chop it into logs. Double-click to activate your [[carving knife]] or your [[axe]] and right-click a log or wood scrap and select Create > Miscellaneous > Kindling.