Dave Wheeler on wed 27 jun 01
Hi all,
I'm Dave, an amateur potter/student from Michigan.
Awhile back in either Ceramics Monthly or Clay Times
there was an article about a clay company that blunged
their clay and then pressed it into cakes. I believe
they were in Texas or somewhere around there. I can't
find any mention of them in the clayart archives, even
though I kind of remember some discussion about this on
the list. Does anyone recall the name of the company?
Additionally, does anyone know of other clay sources that
use this production method?
I blunge all of my own clay in five gallon buckets but
when it gets to be summer in Michigan in the basement
it takes a *long* time for the clay to dry. My plaster
drying dish is still moist and I took the last batch of
clay out of there a week ago.
In any case, I think this info would be useful to have in
the archives under blunge, or blunging, or blunged.
Thanks for any help you can give.
Dave Wheeler
Dwheel@ameritech.net
KLeSueur@AOL.COM on wed 27 jun 01
I believe Rovin Ceramics in Taylor,MI still blunges and filter presses the
clays they make.
Kathi LeSueur
David Hendley on fri 29 jun 01
Hey Dave, I wrote the article that is in Ceramics Monthly, in the October
2000 issue.
The name of the company is Blackjack Clay, the owner's name is John
Morrison, and the phone number is (903) 469-3322.
The clay is the most plastic you will ever use for 2 reasons: the raw clay
is never heated and dried, and it is blunged and pressed in a filter press,
rather than mixed dry.
The other unusual aspect of this clay is that all of the clays in the
claybody
are locally mined.
I know of no other clay company that makes their claybodies in this way.
David Hendley
Maydelle, Texas
hendley@tyler.net
http://www.farmpots.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Wheeler"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 5:55 AM
Subject: commercially blunged clay
> Hi all,
>
> I'm Dave, an amateur potter/student from Michigan.
> Awhile back in either Ceramics Monthly or Clay Times
> there was an article about a clay company that blunged
> their clay and then pressed it into cakes. I believe
> they were in Texas or somewhere around there. I can't
> find any mention of them in the clayart archives, even
> though I kind of remember some discussion about this on
> the list. Does anyone recall the name of the company?
> Additionally, does anyone know of other clay sources that
> use this production method?
>
> I blunge all of my own clay in five gallon buckets but
> when it gets to be summer in Michigan in the basement
> it takes a *long* time for the clay to dry. My plaster
> drying dish is still moist and I took the last batch of
> clay out of there a week ago.
>
> In any case, I think this info would be useful to have in
> the archives under blunge, or blunging, or blunged.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
>
> Dave Wheeler
> Dwheel@ameritech.net
>
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