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"Christopher Norton" wrote in message
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If the clay is so "clayie" that you could make a pot with it then I can
recommend digging it out and contacting a local potter if he/she would
want some. We use a mixture of clays extracted from gardens and the
effects can be devistating once fired.

What might it be that the effects devastate? {:-))

Often or not, the differing clays give a mottled finish to the bisque
fired pot. Using a transparent glaze will accentuate that effect and
literally, if your lucky, make the pot alive.


I have a rich vein of clay and river silt from work that makes an
exceptional crank finish with a light red finish.

Then fill that part of the garden with other stuff.

Who was this exceptional crank who finished with a light red finish, and
what was the other stuff with which he then filled the garden? {:-))

Franz

Maybe the crank is me but it`s a potters term for a style of stoneware clay.

The other stuff was meant to be mushroom compost, horse manure, topsoil,
garden compost etc. Just "stuff" to make it a better and easier workable
soil.