David Woof on mon 30 apr 12
Hi Cris=3D2C
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if you want it straight from natural=3D2C find where a river slows its flow=
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ike on a big bend=3D2C or in a backwater water slough and dig some river mu=
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. your bare feet will find that super silky guaranteed to crack clay mud yo=
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u seek.
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I contribute 50 gallons or so to the local river fest where the kids of all=
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ages sculpt faces and forms on trees in the riverside park.=3D20
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No clean up! It cracks off the trees by the next day and the next rain diss=
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olves it back into the grass and enriches the soil. The muck is a mixture o=
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f silt clay and micro organic material with exceptional shrinkage when dryi=
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ng.
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David Woof....River Rat....Sometimes!!!
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10a. Cracks Wanted! Help with cracking clay...Posted by: "Chris R." crupp10=
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0@HOTMAIL.COM Date: Sun Apr 29=3D2C 2012 4:09 pm ((PDT)) Hello All=3D2C I =
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rying to make a clay that purposefully cracks and am hoping that someone wi=
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th more clay knowledge than myself can give me some ideas of how to proceed=
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! Or at least a good place to start... The clay is not going to be fired. I=
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need to fill a container with a 2" orso of clay slurry and allow it to cra=
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ck as it dries....Like a dry lake bed. I collected some clay just outside =
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of Yellowstone several years ago and itdoes exactly what I need it to=3D2C =
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t I need more....like a 1000 lbs plus. Theclay I collected in the wild is v=
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ery dusty when dry=3D2C super silky when wet=3D2Cand cracks like crazy when=
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dries. Any help would be appreciated! Chris =
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