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Re: native pottery part 2
iowabow:
After a couple of days the clay settled to the bottom half of the bucket and the water rose to the top half. I then poured the water off leaving just the slurry of clay.
Today the weather is great and presents an opportunity to test cooking shells on a large scale. With a pile of wood and a 5 gal bucket of shells, I built a layered box fire as seen in the pictures below. I have no idea how this will turn out! I also placed a couple of rocks that I thought had iron in them to see if I can get a color change. Again I have no idea if this fire will produce the red iron results I am looking for. On a fun note the cut wood was from an ash tree that was hit with lightning.
iowabow:
Note... I used a metal fryer pan to strain for rocks a weaved basket would serve as the same tool in a primitive studio. Skin pots, wooden bowls or ceramic pots would serve as a replacement for plastic buckets.
BowEd:
You have the most natural desire to see stuff metamorphasize[don't know if that's a word]that I have ever seen.Keep on truckin......LOL.
iowabow:
The shells are now slake lime but some part are not breaking down so I need a filter to pour the slake through but have not figured out how yet. I think I should have let the shells sit for three weeks to turn to powder. I am still learning this process. I cant decide if I should leave the solution till morning or filter it tonight.
iowabow:
I went to town and an hour later more broke down so I am going to let it sit over night and all day tomorrow and just let nature do its thing.
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