It's not lost on me that until I actually produce some...

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.

Like 4 January at 22:14 | Open on social.coop

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@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

4 January at 22:15 | Open on mastodon.social

Joshua Barretto

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.

4 January at 23:05 | Open on social.coop

chfkch :nixos: :rust:

@jsbarretto
The first things you should build now are clay blocks, so you can build a proper clay oven/burner to build better clay items.

5 January at 8:12 | Open on ruhr.social

happyborg

@jsbarretto
Reminds me of an episode in Jung's autobiography (Memories, Dreams, Reflections IIRC), where he describes a period of daily making cityscapes or something like that, on the shore of a lake near his house.

5 January at 12:05 | Open on fosstodon.org

Joshua Barretto

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.

12 January at 17:12 | Open on social.coop

Joshua Barretto

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.

12 January at 17:21 | Open on social.coop

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