In part 1, I showed where this material came from.
Here’s what it becomes after washing away the clay, sieving it, and drying it.
What started as a bucket of muddy silt turns into a fine powder that I can use as a substitute for silica in some of my glaze recipes.
One of those glazes is Kulli Okchakko, my cone 6 blue glaze made with nearly 50% local materials.
One of the things I enjoy most about working with local materials is that every step teaches me something new. This material started as an experiment to make a clay body, but it ended up becoming something entirely different.
Next, I’ll share the first steps I use to separate and prepare these materials for testing.
From Local Earth to Finished Pottery.
