Karen Sullivan on fri 17 nov 00
I had a student ask me once if the clay he was using
was old clay or new clay. I understood that the question
asked was referring to when it had been mixed.
But I couldn't help from asking him if he were
referring to geologic time or...?
bamboo karen
on 11/17/00 10:46 AM, Linfield College at drhudy@LINFIELD.EDU wrote:
> on 11/17/00 4:36 AM, Sabra Wood at swood2@ROCHESTER.RR.COM wrote:
>
>> i've been reading the discussion on the frozen pots with GREAT interest.
>>
>> Experienced potters locally have told me I need to move all of my bagged clay
>> out of
>> my garage that once it freezes, it's no good..... do freezing temperatures
> hurt bulk clay?...
>
> No, freezing does not "hurt" clay. It has been in the ground freezing and
> thawing for millennia. It may be that it will take a bit of wedging to get
> it back into use. It seems to depend to some degree on the clay body. Mel
> keeps
> clay sitting around up at the farm in Wisconsin, freezing and thawing with
> the best of them, and I've never noticed that it is one bit different from
> one year to the next. Even the porcelain is fine again in June. This
> includes the bagged commercial clays, and the re-cycle stack, porcelain,
> stoneware, and miscellaneous.
>
> regards
>
> Dannon Rhudy
>>
>
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