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Pottery at Pete's

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Zuma:
Might be from something that was smoked in him?? :)
I roasted the shells Tom gave me in an iron skillet.
I still have a headache. ??? I'm thinkin pretty toxic?
Zuma

Tom W:
Lyman, That gator IS laughing, Don just fed him some of those pretty red potato's he dug.

bjrogg:
That's cool Zuma might have to learn more about the clay ABO. What is grog? Is it mixed
In clay to bind it? Some kind of glaze? Whatever you gave that croc I'd like some he look very happy. Lol Bjrogg

nclonghunter:
Zuma, those shells are toxic when cooked...I build a small fire outside and dump mine in the fire. Let it cool and dig them out. Wash good and then pound the crap out of them.

Grog is fired pottery that breaks or you drop it and it breaks. Just pound it to small pieces like sand and add to pottery. Since it is already tempered it will help bind the fresh clay and help to stabilize the shrinking while drying and firing. It simply reduces the shrinkage allowing a more even dry and less cracks. You can also add shell, sand, quartz and other material than can be reduced to sand size and is stable during heating.
Sand size is just a reference since you will have varying sizes in the mix.

bjrogg:
Thanks NC very interesting may have to try it sometime

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