Gary Jackson: Fire When Ready Pottery
A Chicago potter’s somewhat slanted view of clay & play
Categories: clay, process, studio

Last night I continued my reclaiming of the “free” clay I got from Katie B.
The clay I had sliced thin was all dry, so I broke it up into small pieces and added it to my reclaim bucket. I then added enough water to cover the dried clay. Bubbles. Gurgling. And a slight hissing sound as the water seeped into the dry clay.

So now it sits… submerged & slaking. I’ll give it a few weeks, stir it up once & awhile, and when it’s ready… turn it back into “real” clay!!!

2 Comments

January 9th, 2014

I find it funny that you love to reclaim this way. I hate it! It’s painful for me to wedge it all out when the clay gets to that point. THANKFULLY, I was able to run a successful Kickstarter campaign and got myself a Peter Pugger! What a god send!!!

Free clay IS the best though! 🙂

January 14th, 2014

I’ve never really considered a pugger. I prefer to look at it as a good upper body workout AND free clay!!!

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