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More pottery practice
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
I am still tinkering with the native type pottery. wild clay, pinched and rolled by hand and fired in a camp fire. All hold water but a couple had lots of experimental "trash" in them which inadvertently caused a couple to weep very slowely. once dry again I will season them with warm oil good and hope they do a little better. It's just a very slight weep tho, nothing to deter me from using them. Drank my morning coffee out of one of the weepers this morning. Still not much luck on large vessels though, they always crack during the air drying stage.
PrimitiveTim:
That is so stinkin' cool! Drank your morning coffee out of one! I bet you felt accomplished doing that! Good work and thanks for sharing.
Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive:
Thanks Tim, lots of clay down here, get on out and get you some pots made :P
PrimitiveTim:
--- Quote from: twistedlimbs on July 10, 2013, 07:01:31 pm ---Thanks Tim, lots of clay down here, get on out and get you some pots made :P
--- End quote ---
Haha, just sand where I am. Maybe when I head up to Tally later this month I'll dig me up a bucket full. Any pointers on what I should look for in soil?
mullet:
If you can get up around northern Ocala National Forest there is white kaolin. There is a couple of mines in the area I did some prospect drilling in the past. What is there is real good, quality porcelain clay material.
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