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Pastimes : ceramics-clay-pottery
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To: AugustWest who wrote (203)3/3/2002 12:21:36 AM
From: Crocodile  Read Replies (1) of 338
 
Okay...here we go. I've got a couple of questions for you. (Can you tell I'm starting to warm up to the idea of doing *something* with clay again?).. (o:

I've been trying to think of what it is that I would like to make if I start working with clay again. I've been thinking of it for sculpture... not particularly large pieces... more like masks and such.. perhaps objects which are a combination of clay with metals, glass, wood, small natural or polished stones, etc... but with clay forming the center of what they will be. I'm very attracted to the idea of trying raku firing. I think I'm going to see if I can find someone who will bisque fire some pieces for me if I make them... I do have a potter friend who keeps threatening to spin some pots some time after an absence of many years, so I may see if she would like to get together to fill her kiln.

So, now I'm wondering about what clay I should work with...not having done any raku firing... I went and looked at this website..at their clay, and I see a couple of clays on the list which are marked as being for raku. If you were thinking of something like what I'm trying to describe... mask-like objects and so on... what kind of clay would you choose?

Here's the page from their site. There are some local dealers of clay around here too, but I think they get their clay from these people anyhow.
pshcanada.com

BTW, prepare for some silly questions over the next little while. (o:
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