Very interesting! I'm curious about how the two clay bodies fared during firing ... I could imagine that if they had different moisture levels, one might shrink more than another ...?
I haven’t fired these yet, they are still drying… In the past I have had good luck with adding clay to an already wedged ball of clay, as shown in this video. Moisture levels and shrinkage rates of clay could affect how it stays together. But with this method, it is more of a layer of dark clay over the white clay, so it should work. And when in doubt, always dry things very slowly.
@@merkelhess Having TWO buckets - one for clean water, and one for getting rid of slip, slurry and excess clay is a great idea. I'm just learning to throw now, and when using one water bucket, it becomes very messy, very quickly!
Very interesting! I'm curious about how the two clay bodies fared during firing ... I could imagine that if they had different moisture levels, one might shrink more than another ...?
I haven’t fired these yet, they are still drying… In the past I have had good luck with adding clay to an already wedged ball of clay, as shown in this video. Moisture levels and shrinkage rates of clay could affect how it stays together. But with this method, it is more of a layer of dark clay over the white clay, so it should work. And when in doubt, always dry things very slowly.
This is amazing! 😍😍 your work is so clean!!👏🏻
Thanks! It just takes practice.
@@merkelhess Having TWO buckets - one for clean water, and one for getting rid of slip, slurry and excess clay is a great idea. I'm just learning to throw now, and when using one water bucket, it becomes very messy, very quickly!
I’m not sure when I started using two buckets, but it is great for organization and making clean up and reclaiming easier.