Sometimes he would embellish his works with nails or pebbles. His father started making the rounds of nearby ceramic workshops on his way home from work to scrounge up scraps of clay for little Mao-Chung to play with.
父親因此經常在回家的路上，向鄰近拉水缸、做大甕的小工廠要些陶土來給李茂宗玩，對他是相當大的鼓勵。