Terra Cotta: My musings on...and resulting actions with.

So.. brushing glaze on the greenware ended up causing strange shrinkage and cracking on one of the pieces... so i stopped to re-assess.

I possibly didn’t wait long enough in between Coats... considering that EACH time.. a portion of water is absorbed into the greenware.. further and further beyond the surface.. yup.. that’s probably what did it.
 
Gotta keep ‘em separated..

Stoned...

...in a crude tangent of immaculate. ;) I thought, for (mostly) my own sanity, I would start another thread documenting my work with Stoneware... from the beginning.. much like my low-fire thread. After some work... I have my FIRST EVER STONEWARE “LOAD”.. ready for the heat. I feel like I...
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Ummm.. a buddy of mine just showed up with this... dug from his backyard...

He lives 5 city blocks from me..

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Thanks!!

The thing is... based on geographical surveys (from damn near 100 years ago)... THIS kind of clay DOESN’T exist here...

So I’m skeptical, yet possibly excited...

Gotta get out the GOOD microscope and see if it IS actually even clay.. and not some other, deep-ground mineral.
 
TF!?
The other been inactive for a month too.

Got some Georgia Red clay!
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Want to hear an interesting story?

I was sitting behind the hotel on this cliff,
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Admiring the sights.20210717_161859.jpg

When this dude walked up to my Jeep and tried to get in it, he could not see me, but I could see him!
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Turns out he was on some shit and thought my black Jeep was his Light Grey shorter rounder SUvehicle, which he took off in shortly after, swervily.

Georgia....Georrrrgiaaaa!

Sorce
 
Nice!!!!!!!!!!

life has, honestly, been playing “joust” with me... it has been difficult, lately to find the time. :(
 
sorce said:
TF!?
The other been inactive for a month too.

Got some Georgia Red clay!
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Want to hear an interesting story?

I was sitting behind the hotel on this cliff,
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Admiring the sights.View attachment 388955

When this dude walked up to my Jeep and tried to get in it, he could not see me, but I could see him!
View attachment 388957

Turns out he was on some shit and thought my black Jeep was his Light Grey shorter rounder SUvehicle, which he took off in shortly after, swervily.

Georgia....Georrrrgiaaaa!

Sorce
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I’ve done that.. also. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Not with a Jeep, though!
 
sorce said:
TF!?
The other been inactive for a month too.

Got some Georgia Red clay!
View attachment 388954

Want to hear an interesting story?

I was sitting behind the hotel on this cliff,
View attachment 388956

Admiring the sights.View attachment 388955

When this dude walked up to my Jeep and tried to get in it, he could not see me, but I could see him!
View attachment 388957

Turns out he was on some shit and thought my black Jeep was his Light Grey shorter rounder SUvehicle, which he took off in shortly after, swervily.

Georgia....Georrrrgiaaaa!

Sorce
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HLF has been sidelined working on his badassery skills lately. Grueling work. One thing at a time, folks, that's the key.

Also...
Carol 83 said:
Have a great birthday!🥳🎂
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I need to pay more attention.
Happy birthday, dude!
 
I forgot that I used to collect these....

I’m thinking this would be a neat direction for my low-fire projects...

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I’m sketching some chess pieces with low-fire aspirations, as well...

I also have started working on my low-fire/bisque wood-fire kiln again... I will be constructing the second “top flat” today or tomorrow.. then when that piece is properly “in place”, I can begin construction on the chimney chamber/chimney!
 
I think I'm weird or nuts or something.
My only interest in making pottery is so that I don't have to buy it. Kilns, on the other hand, are apparently so much more fascinating than what goes in or comes out of them. I spent like three hours yesterday reading on building backyard kilns. Couldn't care less about clay, but man do I want a kiln!
 
ShadyStump said:
I think I'm weird or nuts or something.
My only interest in making pottery is so that I don't have to buy it. Kilns, on the other hand, are apparently so much more fascinating than what goes in or comes out of them. I spent like three hours yesterday reading on building backyard kilns. Couldn't care less about clay, but man do I want a kiln!
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Another one down the rabbit hole!
 
Haven't been here, to my low-fire thread in a while....

But we processed a little bit of Local clay, recently.. the idea was to work on prototype Ouroboros clay stamps which I could fire in my low-fire, wood-fired kiln.

I'm better at processing clay now... and I wasn't too bad before..

So I'm all done with moist work on my first prototype. I had to go much... "simpler" with my design.. considering the PURPOSE.

Looking forward to sanding/finishing this.
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Also.. we made some beads!(With the "local" clay (Mine are for my hair!))
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And Theeeeeen...

There was some left over from the "Bead Clay Chunk".

So I quick whipped up a little accent pot. (Also local clay)
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Half-way dry....
 
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