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Slop buckets. There, I said it. I love my reclaimed clay and haven't afforded a mixer or a pug mill sooooo ..... We keep two buckets in the wheel throwing area dedicated to scrap and hand water. By the time one is full, all the particles are pretty well soaked and there's a good bit of water on the top. We found we like to dump in our hand water because it contains all those lovely, slippy, small particles that give the clay its elasticity. Anyway, as one bucket gets full and the other is starting to be used, it's time to pull all the water and super wet stuff off the top, put it in the other bucket and empty the rest onto a large sheet of plastic on the wedging table. That's where we mix it up really well with our hands, pulling out any obviously hard lumps (and of course, all those missing sponges). I let it sit that way overnight. In the morning, I move it by hand-fulls onto the plaster surface of the wedging table, spread it out about an inch thick and leave it there for the day. By the end of the day, it's ready to be peeled off the table. I slam it together into ten pound blocks and double bag it into old clay bags. Or, if I'm in a wedging mood, I wedge. Lovely.
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 Thursday, April 8th 2004
Coming May 1st and 2nd is the first annual Chuckwalla Fest -- As part of the High Desert Living Arts (a 501c3 public benefit), we're up to our necks in many different aspects of this festival. It's amazing how it's coming together -- feeling very "done/danced" again as is just about everyone else involved -- Magic. Check it out at [link] Read More
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