Mississippi & Laydown Yard | Wild Clay Glaze
A graphic design graduate kindly brought us some wild clay from Mississippi! From the initial processing, the clay is still quite gritty. As a clay body, it is better as a sculptural material, though it remains quite short. At cone 10, the clay did not vitrify. I could break the piece by hand.
For glaze testing, I continued to use a triaxial blend using:
(1) wild clay, wood ash, & potash feldspar
(2) wild clay, wood ash, & nepheline syenite
The sandy texture of the processed clay added a nice texture to the glazes. The resulting glazes were earthy and muted, with subtle hues of green and blue.
The next wild clay was dug and processed by Kate Davis from the laydown yard, where the ECU Ceramic’s Guild wood prep. She kindly provided me the clay for glaze testing! I continued to use the triaxial blend. This wild clay provided more darker colors with subtle hints of blues.
Mississippi Glaze Test, Left: wild clay, wood ash, & potash feldspar, Right: wild clay, wood ash, & nepheline syenite
Laydown Yard Glaze Test, Left: wild clay, wood ash, & potash feldspar, Right: wild clay, wood ash, & nepheline syenite
