gary navarre on tue 17 nov 09
Hay Folks,
No, I don't mean some weed from the sixties, but more than a few of the lo=
cal stoners had told me about a couple different clay spots in town so I to=
ok Olof on a walk to find one at Strawberry Lake in Norway. My buddy Peter =
Hayes' Mom Ruth gave the land to the city for a park. Olof was a bit much t=
o handle on a clay hunt so the sample I got was just a COLD handful I stuck=
in an Arbys sack, about 750g. I couldn't put my glove back on so we headed=
back to the truck and passed 3 elderly women with the sack, the dog, and m=
y hand covered in redish brown clay. All I could say was "Gee, I wish they =
weren't so serious about cleaning up after my dog." Waha, I thought it was =
funny anyway...
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/ca/cam/slr/
(click on the small globe next to the title to see geo-locater)
I've been around there with Peter years ago to look at a geologic feature =
at the base of the ridge called an unconformity where the pre-Cambrian is u=
plifted and folded over the Cambrian. There also usat be a dolomite quarry =
along the ridge a few hundred yards NE under Doc's house up on the ridge. T=
hey say there is also a white clay there too but I think I'll need to take =
Peter to breakfast at Bernie's Back In and get him to show me exactly where=
it is. Besides, there is a 39 year old waitress there I got a hankering to=
13th. step.
The sample slacked down nicely with only a little bit of organic matter or=
a stone with most all the clay going through my 200 mesh glaze screen. Som=
e got slathered on a bowl right away and I think it will be a slip glaze or=
body colorant more than a refractory body component. I'll add to the album=
after this is posted because for some reason every time I use the SD card =
slot I have to restart the computer.
Later and stay in there eh!
Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://www.youtube.com/GindaUP
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/
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