At one point, I thought that making kanji out of clay might be fun. It wasn't, but I've had this object in a cabinet for about five years and I glazed it rather than throw it out or leave it in the desert.
This is the character for new

as in
 , the adjective new, atarashii
 , the adjective new, atarashiior
 , newspaper, shinbun.
 , newspaper, shinbun. 

