konstantin gortinsky on sat 15 may 04
I too was glad Fred Paget shared his story.
A while back I asked the list about naturaly occuring clay and
eventually I found some, of all places, right under my nose, on my
property. It is dark blue green and fires to red brick color at cone 04.
It is way too plastic so I found some yellow clay that is too grogy and
blended the two in different proportions to beter its throwing quality.
In the school I teach we use Laguna WSO clay body and now I'm blending
the two clays in order to hopefully lower the maturing to a cone 6.
But the reason of this post, besides the update, is to share a view. In
our school we teach pottery and sculpture (work with clay) and other so
called crafts, not so that students will become artists or potters
(although they may) but to develop certain inner sensibilities with which
can help them find their place in the natural (physical) world and which
will give them a more complete and accurate picture of a given situation
(preparing them for life).
A Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:36:44 -0400
From: Joseph Coniglio
Subject: Re: Ash [Wood Ash Supplier et el] +Sundry
Fred Paget continues the string with a facinating story about
managing materials in his locality.
We have access to interesting compounds at our fingertips. And we
seek elegant solutions, employing personal methods to use these
materials in our work. I was very glad Fred's story was shared in this
forum.
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Indiginous materials:
claybair on mon 17 may 04
Ha!
This reminded me of my native clay experience.
I dug up about 2 lbs. It was a mustard
yellow. By the time I removed the stones, sand and debris
I had a piece the size of a finger tip. It fired ^6 to a rich brown...
but a thimble full.....??? I guess I should have left some of the sand
in it. For now....I'm sticking with my commercial bags of clay but
it's empowering to know I could do it.
Gayle Bair
Bainbridge Island, WA
http://claybair.com
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From:konstantin gortinsky
I too was glad Fred Paget shared his story.
A while back I asked the list about naturaly occuring clay and
eventually I found some, of all places, right under my nose, on my
property. It is dark blue green and fires to red brick color at cone 04.
It is way too plastic so I found some yellow clay that is too grogy and
blended the two in different proportions to beter its throwing quality.
In the school I teach we use Laguna WSO clay body and now I'm blending
the two clays in order to hopefully lower the maturing to a cone 6.
But the reason of this post, besides the update, is to share a view. In
our school we teach pottery and sculpture (work with clay) and other so
called crafts, not so that students will become artists or potters
(although they may) but to develop certain inner sensibilities with which
can help them find their place in the natural (physical) world and which
will give them a more complete and accurate picture of a given situation
(preparing them for life).
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