"When they'd freeze, the moisture in the clay would expand so the structure would break and the piece would crack. When they'd thaw out, they'd do so from the surface in. The clay would become like mud, and between the expansion from the cold and shrinkage from the heat, the pieces would shatter.
「結冰時陶土中所含的水分膨脹，組織因此被破壞而碎裂；退冰時又先從外表解凍，陶土變成泥漿狀，『冷漲熱縮』中，作品就會爆裂！」