Terra Cotta: My musings on...and resulting actions with.
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sorce
Nonsense Rascal
I was talking to the Sorceress about what makes the complete loss of a greater civilization possible.
In the city, people are reliant on what the city is providing, so when shit hits the fan...ahem Covid....the first people to kill themselves off are in the city.
When they get out to the sticks to find what's left of what's left to survive, the motherfuckers from the sticks, who could always shoot better, kill them off.
This trails down to the only people that know how to survive, which, are the people I respect the most...
And with all the ignorant lazy fucks that die, so does their needless technology.
That's why I see "evil" in the electronics.
I'm superselfish.
It's our hearts that lead us to the next chapter.
Things which "underground bunkers" can't provide.
Fuck em.
The water filtered through earth in the caves is forever.
Their bottled bunker water is finite.
Blanco es Stupido.
Sorce
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I cannot possibly agree with what you said MORE...ALL of it!
I believed we discussed this in a dream, actually,,,
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I actually separated myself, about 10 years ago (round the birth of my first child) from pop culture, social networking, and “news” (that wasn’t delivered via “word-of-mouth”).. as a sociological experiment.... haven’t felt any need to “look back” ... i can’t afford to become a “pillar of salt”... sodium’s tough on the liver.
I was even veeery hasty (at first) to becoming a member of this community.. as it seemed to possess many of the electronic/ social networking “evils” I began to notice “stumping the mental growth of the common population” which drove me away in the first place...
But my love of nature “won” THIS particular battle... I’m glad it did... I like it here.
I was even veeery hasty (at first) to becoming a member of this community.. as it seemed to possess many of the electronic/ social networking “evils” I began to notice “stumping the mental growth of the common population” which drove me away in the first place...
But my love of nature “won” THIS particular battle... I’m glad it did... I like it here.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Noted.
The other day I was telling the Sorceress about Leopard Frogs....oh shit...I didn't realize I was going to bring her panties into this conversation, but that's why....anyway....I was telling her, after common toads and Bullfrogs, Leopard Frog's are the next most popular "frog" we see, I found one later that day.
See you later!
Sorce
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Glad you did it too.
There are few....no no...none, like you, so you are very welcome.
I think it has to do with the "high society" nature of Bonsai, and many people having their noses turned so far up, they find it hard to welcome folks into the community.
Whereas the Chicken Forum has at least 10 regulars, some with copied and pasted lengthy replies, to welcome others in.
Even the Harley Forum has these people.
Well, I'm not one to exclude, I think inclusion has more power, so you and I might just have to make these people realize we are all the same.
When the money burns....it will be obvious. The sooner we can get them to realize that is the truth before it happens....the better.
One Love.
Even of they're still afraid to admit it.
Sorce
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Hehe! ...can’t wait.
(Strange sidenote; how many chickens are you allowed to keep? What’s the permit situation? I think I picture you living in the Chicagoland area in which I drove to LOTS... then INSTANTLY back out. Haha Similar to where I lived in Detroit)
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
3 hens, it was 2, but I think they realized (people faught for) one chicken is good as a dead chicken so 3 is allowed on case one dies, 2 can be comfortable till a third can be obtained again.
Chicago allows more I believe.
On a walk today, youngin and I were contemplating the fact that vee keeping is illegal, but, it is not law that one must destroy any beehive found, so that's a stupid law eh?
2 minutes later we came across a discarded carpenter beehive, which....isn't illegal?
Fucking stupid as all hell!
Sorce
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Beekeeping is illegal? Damn i’m out of touch.
I have like two mud-dauber wasp colonies out back by my plants... they are very aggressive LOOKING... but truth be told.. i’ve accidentally kicked one.. with no alarm pheromone.. Even stepped directly on their nest hole.. they freaked.. but didn’t sting.. which is good. Cause i’m quite allergic to SOME “stinging insects”.. not like shock.. but “looney toones-esque” swelling. Not even kidding.. so a sting to the neck.. or by any major artery could prove problematic.
Not sure I could live somewhere where chickens and bees were illegal.
There is something to be said for living out in the swamp.
Just finished building a hive today.
Got 15 hens and two roosters
4 homing pigeons and 3 Turkish tumblers
30 or so sticks in pots and other cool and aesthetically pleasing plant life Growing in and on interesting containers.
And a partridge in a pear tree.
Mistakes rule and I love the chaos and failures of a pit firing. They make the successes more satisfying.
If you are not failing regularly, you aren’t pushing the boundaries. What’s the fun in that?
There is something to be said for living out in the swamp.
Just finished building a hive today.
Got 15 hens and two roosters
4 homing pigeons and 3 Turkish tumblers
30 or so sticks in pots and other cool and aesthetically pleasing plant life Growing in and on interesting containers.
And a partridge in a pear tree.
Mistakes rule and I love the chaos and failures of a pit firing. They make the successes more satisfying.
If you are not failing regularly, you aren’t pushing the boundaries. What’s the fun in that?
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I hear ya. I spent the majority of my life on a farm (I ‘aint no city boy)
,. I actually miss the work somedays.., true satisfaction. So much depending on you..I do fail quite regularly.. lots of oopses in this thread..
I think it’s the commitment to “getting more serious”.. or putting MORE of myself into it.. and THEN realizing my skillset can’t compensate for the commitment. It’s just “pansie-ass” talk.. i understand.
Pitfires ARE very enjoyable.. I want to dig a pit and make a mud-clay kiln... or maybe some mud/clay bricks and make a “Pit” more suited to my purposes..
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Anthony
Imperial Masterpiece
Horse,
a few suggestions -
[1] A clay body that works for you.
[2] A firing that reaches the temperature you want each time.
[3] Pit firing usually levels off at 850 deg,C
and leaves inside the body with carbon, then the body decays.
[4[ As a test blend clay to say a clear glaze [ 06 ]
See how much you need for a vitreous body.
[5] Explore pit firing through the centuries and tribes [ Africa / South America/
Greece and so on ]
Depth of pit ?
Good Luck reading.
Anthony
a few suggestions -
[1] A clay body that works for you.
[2] A firing that reaches the temperature you want each time.
[3] Pit firing usually levels off at 850 deg,C
and leaves inside the body with carbon, then the body decays.
[4[ As a test blend clay to say a clear glaze [ 06 ]
See how much you need for a vitreous body.
[5] Explore pit firing through the centuries and tribes [ Africa / South America/
Greece and so on ]
Depth of pit ?
Good Luck reading.
Anthony
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Thank you so much for the directions to research...
I also KEEP going back and looking at that serissa set in the homemade stone in a homemade pot... extraordinary!
Through my more recent trials I have REALLY developed a fondness for simple sand clay.. i love how it mixes.. how it “works” How it LOOKS and how it fires... so i will be experimenting to find my favorite ratio.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Ooh ooh! I found a FREE “truckload” of bricks...
Something I should pursue?
Something I should pursue?
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Regular Bricks are roughly earthenware temps.
Fireplace Bricks roughly Cone 6 or stoneware temps.
K26 firebrick indicates 2600F (I believe melting point) the are other k's.
They all melt accordingly.
Regular Bricks can be good for an earthenware type "pit kiln". But there is a danger of them Spalling which can ruin pots if the pieces fall in.
They can be a good second or third layer on higher temp stuff.
You should try to gather enough clay and sand to make an igloo shaped kiln.
Cover a large bouncy ball with clay, then deflate it and pull it out of your kiln. Then fire it.
Sorce
Fireplace Bricks roughly Cone 6 or stoneware temps.
K26 firebrick indicates 2600F (I believe melting point) the are other k's.
They all melt accordingly.
Regular Bricks can be good for an earthenware type "pit kiln". But there is a danger of them Spalling which can ruin pots if the pieces fall in.
They can be a good second or third layer on higher temp stuff.
You should try to gather enough clay and sand to make an igloo shaped kiln.
Cover a large bouncy ball with clay, then deflate it and pull it out of your kiln. Then fire it.
Sorce
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Duuuude!!! That’s (besides the bouncy ball.. GREAT idea) exactly what i was planning with this clay/mud/sand mixture.. just didn’t know if it would work.. glad to know i’m on the right track...
I gotta “fabricate” it in ONE shot, though, right? Or else the layers may not “bind”....
Or COULD i do the bottom... get more clay.. do the middle.. get more clay...ect.ect....I don’t know if this would work correctly.
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
Beach ball.
Ball of beech leaves?
A woven fabric of sticks that will burn out?
It'll be easier with support.
Sorce
Ball of beech leaves?
A woven fabric of sticks that will burn out?
It'll be easier with support.
Sorce
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I’m a dad.. i have access to many inflatables.. HAHAHA! This is fuckin’ happening! Going to two creeks tomorrow to work on our mud hut... i’ll fill my rucksack with grocery bags of clay and yogurt containers (hahaha) of sand....
Weird question.... do i want to avoid the magnetic “black sand” or embrace it?... and why?
sorce
Nonsense Rascal
It's some Iron...likely magnetite. Sounds like you have all the good materials! You can find uses.
What I see is the hut....getting fired! Lol!
But seriously.
It's almost the same project.
Sorce
What I see is the hut....getting fired! Lol!
But seriously.
It's almost the same project.
Sorce
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Precisely what I was thinking.
I’ve been recently watching some of John Plant’s videos... are you familiar?
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