SIMON LEACH - sieving red clay !
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How do you figure out what temp the clay can be fired to? Trial and error? How hot can you fire that red clay? Won't you get lots of stuff other than clay, even though you strain it like that?
You must do an explanation of what down-draft and reduction are too, please!
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The town with the most prevalent amount of clay was named for it, Clayton. Usually it is on the surface but if you knock off the topsoil, you can use a sharp shooter(thin, narrow, and short shovel used in the underground construction bus.) to dig it up in slabs.
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There is clay in my county and the neighboring county where one can dig and find no rocks in it. It is pure red sticky, stain-your-clothes red clay. Is this what you found that you are using? Years ago when burying CATV cable with DH, I found so much of the clay mentioned above. He is still working in CATV though not doing the grunt work now but rather an overseer. If he can get that clay, I might give this a shot.
Can you show us what you've made with this red clay? Thanks!
clearvision5 4 years ago
Hi,... Yes will show you in one of the next clips
SL
sleachpots 4 years ago
wow full circle, that must be really rewarding to get a finished piece from clay you dug up yourself :)
ty again
enslaver 4 years ago
Yes thats right .
I have found recently some clay on the coast , half hour from here . I mean just a couple of yards in the sea ! I have it now back here and will be throwing with that soon to determine its qualities and pass it through the kiln . To work in this way makes the whole process from A - Z a whole lot more rewarding. regards SL
sleachpots 4 years ago