MAKE IT LOCAL

FINAL RESULTS

MIXTURE OF UNFIRED - BROWN

HOME FIRED - BLACK

AND ELECTRIC KILN FIRED - ORANGE

HOME FIRING RESULTS

FIRED IN AN INCINERATOR BIN USING A MIXTURE OF PET SHOP SAW DUST AND WOOD MULCH COLLECTED FROM CAMBERWELL TREE SURGEONS.

FIRING TIME ROUGHLY 24 HOURS

INCREDIBLY FRAGILE - AND A LOT OF THEM COMPLETELY EXPLODED

NOT REALLY A FUNCTIONAL OBJECT ANY MORE - MORE OF AN ARTIFACT - THE SMOKEY MARKS ARE INTERESING THO.

MOUNDS OF CLAY - FULL OF GRIT STONES AND WEEDS. FOUND AT CAMBERWELL CEMETERY - dragged back to college on bus.

BROKE UP THE CLAY INTO LITTLE WALNUT SIZED AND LEFT UNTIL COMPLETELY DRY - IT TOOK AROUND (4 DAYS) When I did this again - I wrapped them in tin foil and put it in the cooker for a bit to speed up the process - it worked quite nicely (it is a fan assisted cooker tho).

SOAKED IN WATER UP TO LEVEL OF DRIED CLAY IN THE BUCKET, THEN SIEVED THROUGH A 40 MESH SIEVE.

THIS CREATED A FAIRLY CONSISTENT SLIP - I'M NOT A CERAMICIST BUT IT SEEMED OK TO ME

NEXT STAGE SLIP CASTING

SLIP CASTING SIMPLE POT SHAPE

UNFIRED RESULTS - NATURE OF HOW CRUDELY I PROCESSED CLAY SEEMS TO HAVE MADE THEM WARP WHICH I THOUGHT WAS QUITE A NICE FEATURE.