Gregory's ServerUpdate: the nylon bag was too fine. I just spent 40 minutes boiling off water only to produce the most intense, pure, texture-of-chocolate intense mud you can imagine, and very little of it at that. Time to find a more coarse sieve.
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 It's not lost on me that until I actually produce some clay, this is not functionally different to the daily activities of 3 year old me.  @jsbarretto it seems fun though! if you're still able to take pleasure in things you did when very young, that's something precious to be glad for Success! A less coarse sieve and some oven baking to remove excess moisture and I've a reasonable clay. Using some sand I have lying around (sadly not very fine) to act as grog, and I have a small pot.  @jsbarretto  @jsbarretto Just over a week later and, after drying in the attic suspended in an old pillowcase, I have myself about a kilogramme of fine clay. I'm quite impressed by how close this stuff feels and behaves to the 'professional' redware clay I bought to compare against. Maybe I'll try making something with it over the next few days. I'm sure it's bloomin obvious to anybody that's been doing pottery for a while, but the fact that clay is so easy to produce yourself (provided you have the soil for it) is quite enjoyable. |
This stuff is the Swiss chocolate of mud, it's glorious in a way I can't begin to describe. I really, really want to eat some, it looks lovely.