More working with the silty clay
This is the batch I dug a few days ago and processed half of it to see if I can recreate the accidental perfect batch. I posted a few days ago. I kept it a …
Tag: ceramics
Digging Clay
In my last post (the clay with 0.3% absorption at cone 9 oxidation), I mentioned it comes from a low spot on top of a hill. Well, here it is.
100% Local Clay Body
This clay comes from an odd low spot, on top of a hill on our land. Right out of the ground, it’s very silty and not plastic enough to throw, fires to above cone 8. …
Light Clay Body Test #1
This body uses one of my lighter colored clays. It’s probably more than 50% sand right out of the ground, however, it’s very easy to process, settles out of a slurry wonderfully, and de-waters quickly. …
Clay Body Test using Red Clay and Neph Sye
I haven’t been very good at keeping track of my clay tests recently. I need to blog about these as a way of keeping up with what tests I’ve run and what needs to be …
It’s getting there…
The reason I decided to switch to cone 10 reduction vs cone 6 oxidation was to limit the amount of materials I have to buy (and ship) and to reduce the amount of physical labor …
Letting go…
A customer asked me yesterday if it’s hard to let favorite pieces go. Yes, sometimes it is. But there are always pieces like this one. It’s a native clay body, and it was on the …
First Firing of the TDI Conversion Down Draft
Pretty pleased with the results. This is 100% Moon Clay (dug in Moon, Oklahoma), except for the one pot that slumped. That clay was from beside my house. The Moon clay has 8.2% absorption at …
Winding Your Own Kiln Elements
Would I do it again? Maybe… I would do a few things differently. 1) run a rope or wire around the groves in the kiln to get a better measurement on length, and 2) start …
Slumping
This is not something with which I’ve had much experience. I was very surprised when I opened the kiln and found it stuck to the shelf in this manner. This clay body tested at 1.5% …
