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Just got a call from a friend, telling me where a new source of clay is down by the river. He says there are two veins, a grey vein and a beige vein. Will test each one shortly. He said someone has really been digging into it.
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Am I the only one to receive offers to give a one to one free workshops to total strangers?
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I get request all the time. I get kind of offended because they act like they can learn in 4 hours the knowledge I have acquired over 40 years.
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I'm from Europe and didn't get any offers. Should I be offended? Embarassed? Left out? ;-)
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No offers for me either, but when I was an IT trainer, I did "at-desk" training and the department finance guys would get upset that we charged the participant plus any colleagues who gathered around and watched. Our answer was that if you got on a bus and your friend was "just coming with you", they too would have to pay!
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A couple of months ago I was looking for gray clay about 55 miles from Slapout when the property owner drove past an abandoned, early 20th c. tenant house falling in on itself. I asked do you want those bricks, and would you trade pottery for them? He can't wait for me to get the bricks so he can enjoy some pottery!!! The house has two chimneys and several pillars for footings. Should be enough for a kiln or two. :>)
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I usually demonstrate firing pottery 3 or 4 times a year. Responses range from "Wow, that's great!!!" to "Is that all there is to it? yawn!" Every 4 years there is the kid who asks, "Is that a real fire?" :>)
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Well, mixing all the different clays together worked for the pit fired bowls. I decided to make a fiber tempered vessel and didn't remember how to add Spanish Moss to clay, so I threw 8 lbs. clay on top of a mass of moss...Did not work...So I cut the Spanish Moss into 4 inch sections and wedged that in bit by bit. That worked, so I added moss until I got tired adding moss. Now all there is to do is to fire it next week.