gary navarre on thu 28 jul 11
Hey Folks,
If I'm gonna make any more pots I'll need some more clay. The teacher for =
the class I took in Iron Mountain last year gave me some dried bags of the =
A.R.T. White Stoneware so I busted it up a little with my African Millet po=
unding log, ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dlzzm-yRVBvE
... slacked it down, and de-watered it in the Cardew brick dryer ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D0R4FhWdLNYM
... and wrapped the batch in fresh canvas to slowly age to throwing consist=
ency. Most of the clay looks like it dried in the bag before the student co=
uld use it so I doubt there is any plaster contamination. I found a bunch m=
ore lime pop outs on pots I hadn't seen since last year so I'm probably goi=
ng to have to get some store bought clay to replace those with that particu=
lar manufacturers defect.
Thanks for watching and I hope some can find this method useful if they do=
n't have much room or equipment.
Gary Navarre
Navarre Pottery
Navarre Enterprises
Norway, Michigan, USA
http://www.NavarrePottery.etsy.com
http://www.youtube.com/GindaUP
http://public.fotki.com/GindaUP/
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