So my largest pieces for my senior show are going in the kiln

And my professor suggested that I pray (not a good sign), so I’m fucking going to pray. Usually Hermes is my go to for luck, but I feel like this is a Hephaestus thing…And research can take you far, but I want to know people’s personal experiences- what does he like and not like? Should I approach him like any other god in the pantheon? Agh

Any Hephaestus worshippers? Advice? UPG?