I've been working with clay for about eleven years but I've just realized by this video that I know nothing at all. Thank you for the good demonstration
Tony, I am so glad I found you. I, too, found you thru Andy’s channel, Which showed up miraculously yesterday on my CZcams. I read your comment and popped over here to check you out. How refreshing. Thank you. Where snouts do you live? I am 30 mins outside of Kingman.
Thank you Tony, this really helps a lot. Here in Alabama we have red clay and sometimes if you're lucky you find a vein of white clay. I've just never found much on temper, the proportions or how to use it properly.
With some clay’s it will stay in suspension, I usually don’t give it time to drop in the buckets but it may drop in the plaster troughs. You definitely have to wedge to clay before using. It helps if you keep the clay as thick as possible while straining. Some clays need more water then others. Hope this helps, always up for questions 😀
Yes I try to make a bunch during the summer, I don’t keep track but maybe 10 or 20 times, and yes I shovel a lot of debris with the brown clays, the light clay iAds sand to it. The area is always a hot mess😜
Hi, I'm just getting into pottery, and digging my own clay, is the sand to stop the pottery exploding while firing in the kiln, and how do you know how much sand you need ? I have seen a good clay deposits at Tue beach, would this be good clay to use to fire and make things like plates and cups, I know they need glazed to waterproof them, but would the clay be ok for the above mentioned ? Thanks, and great video..
I’m not sure if the clay will fire to a high enough temp to melt glaze, maybe an .06 glaze. Don’t know the clay body. About 20 percent sand to clay . It helps with drying and firing. It is a binder
Wow...that is amazing..we have deposits here and I'm going for it..seeing how it fires will be fun..my grand daughter will be helping so it will be a family affair
TONY, THANKS FOR THE GOOD INFORMATION, I AM STILL WOKING ON THE MIX OF TEMPER FOR THE TWO CLAYS I USE MOST OF THE TIME,BUT THANKS TO YOU AND ANDY WARDS GOOD WORK IT IS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. I JUST LOOK AT SOME NEW MEXICO 100 0/0 Tempe why. OMOME M THING FROM NEW MEXICO POTTERS WHO USE 100 0/0 temper to clay why?
Be careful breathing the Saton Sea dust while mixing! That stuff is crazy toxic, from being one of the most polluted lakes in the U.S. Great content btw!
The sand is added for temper, it helps to keep the clay from shrinking, cracking, or popping in the drying or firing. The clay is very pure when I find it. It needs something to loosen it up so I can work with it.😀
You said that your clay contains gypsum. Doesn't gypsum harm the plasticity of pottery clay? Gypsum is often used in farming to temporarily break up clay soil before adding in compost. I would expect a clay that contains gypsum to have poor plasticity.
They are either small gypsum crystals that can be strained out or gypsum salts that can migrate to the surface to make a scum coat which fires whitish or sometimes I rinse the salts out.
I've been working with clay for about eleven years but I've just realized by this video that I know nothing at all. Thank you for the good demonstration
Big respect for making good clay
Awesome, JazakAllah!
Thank you. Most interesting, well explained and I appreciate listening just to your voice instead of music. Cheers
This is really interesting and well-explained. Thank you!
Nice video, thanks. Messy work but very gratifying.
And here we have the explanation for why you’re built like a brick outhouse. This is fascinating, and you won’t need a gym membership!
It is all down hill after I hit 50 ywo years ago
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Tony, I am so glad I found you. I, too, found you thru Andy’s channel, Which showed up miraculously yesterday on my CZcams. I read your comment and popped over here to check you out. How refreshing. Thank you.
Where snouts do you live? I am 30 mins outside of Kingman.
I’m in Joshua tree , I’m on Facebook a little and a lot on Instagram
Thank you Tony, this really helps a lot. Here in Alabama we have red clay and sometimes if you're lucky you find a vein of white clay. I've just never found much on temper, the proportions or how to use it properly.
Check out Andy Ward's channel..Geberal rule of thumb is 20% according to him...
I wish I knew this method 10 years ago back in Highschool I would sculpt with straight up clay balled up in my hand, was so grainy lol
Process is always interesting to see.
Hi, Tony! Could I bother you with another question: Does the sand sink to the bottom in those troughs, or does it stay in suspension?
With some clay’s it will stay in suspension, I usually don’t give it time to drop in the buckets but it may drop in the plaster troughs. You definitely have to wedge to clay before using. It helps if you keep the clay as thick as possible while straining. Some clays need more water then others. Hope this helps, always up for questions 😀
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 - thank you!
How often do you go through this process? Is it a weekly or monthly thing? How often do you clean out the debris in your processing area?
Yes I try to make a bunch during the summer, I don’t keep track but maybe 10 or 20 times, and yes I shovel a lot of debris with the brown clays, the light clay iAds sand to it. The area is always a hot mess😜
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 Thanks for the quick reply Sir. I discovered your channel from Andy Ward's channel. He spoke highly of you.
Andy is a supper potter ! I wish he lived closer!
Great video Tony😊🇬🇧❤️
Hi, I'm just getting into pottery, and digging my own clay, is the sand to stop the pottery exploding while firing in the kiln, and how do you know how much sand you need ? I have seen a good clay deposits at Tue beach, would this be good clay to use to fire and make things like plates and cups, I know they need glazed to waterproof them, but would the clay be ok for the above mentioned ? Thanks, and great video..
I’m not sure if the clay will fire to a high enough temp to melt glaze, maybe an .06 glaze. Don’t know the clay body. About 20 percent sand to clay . It helps with drying and firing. It is a binder
Love the video....
Thanks, Tony! Would that be about 30% sand you added to the clay?
20 to 30
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434, thank you!
Sand is a bad idea. There will be cracks during firing. Chamotte ( grog) is a good idea. Sand ≤10%.
@@jaretyevas1509 lol he fires huge pots with no cracks
@@chompers11 lol, почитай книгу!!! Песок уменьшает прочность горшка. Песок увеличивает пористость. Песок, при обжиге, даёт расширение в диапазоне 550 градусов. Учись - lol.
Wow...that is amazing..we have deposits here and I'm going for it..seeing how it fires will be fun..my grand daughter will be helping so it will be a family affair
Is Dune sand pretty sharp and pointy? vs. beach sand which can be like marbles sometimes.
Under a microscope it round from tumbling in the wind
Do you notice any difference between the clay you use during winter and summer? Like maybe bacteria grow in the longer drying clay ?
Not really, mostly temperature change. Clay crystal out in a day in the summer and a week in the winter
Very nice work 👍 good luck, what materials can I add to clay while it's being massaged to become obedient?
Sand, volcanic ash, grog ( crushed pottery) organic material, paper pulp
Great video Tony. Thank you. I'm still working on the temper mix with clays I've found. I make test tablets and fire them.
thankyou ✨
TONY, THANKS FOR THE GOOD INFORMATION, I AM STILL WOKING ON THE MIX OF TEMPER FOR THE TWO CLAYS I USE MOST OF THE TIME,BUT THANKS TO YOU AND ANDY WARDS GOOD WORK IT IS GETTING BETTER ALL THE TIME. I JUST LOOK AT SOME NEW MEXICO 100 0/0 Tempe why.
OMOME
M THING FROM NEW MEXICO POTTERS WHO USE 100 0/0 temper to clay why?
WHY DO OLD PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL-CAPS?
Be careful breathing the Saton Sea dust while mixing! That stuff is crazy toxic, from being one of the most polluted lakes in the U.S.
Great content btw!
I don’t dig from the sea, I’m near the ancient shore, the clay is pure there, 😀
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 Good to hear!
I'm really enjoying your content!
What the sand added is for ?
The sand is added for temper, it helps to keep the clay from shrinking, cracking, or popping in the drying or firing. The clay is very pure when I find it. It needs something to loosen it up so I can work with it.😀
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 I was thinking the opposite, that the clay has to be the most refined and the most plastic....
What are the size of mesh
What about Santa that has little bits of Mica in it? Can that still be used? thanks for these videos!☀️
Yes you can use mica in your clay as long as you don’t want to slip and paint the pot because it will sometimes spall out the surface a bit.
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 ok,great.thankyou🙂(and,sand,not santa.lol.autocorrect)
You said that your clay contains gypsum. Doesn't gypsum harm the plasticity of pottery clay? Gypsum is often used in farming to temporarily break up clay soil before adding in compost. I would expect a clay that contains gypsum to have poor plasticity.
They are either small gypsum crystals that can be strained out or gypsum salts that can migrate to the surface to make a scum coat which fires whitish or sometimes I rinse the salts out.
What are sizes of mesh please
Depending on the clay I use , I’ll use window screen for a lot of my clay. On the course clay I a 1/8th or 1/4th mesh
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 thanks
whice is your counter name please tell me
Put filters in order .no stuck
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