Wild Clay for Beginners: How to Forage Your Own Pottery Clay

In which I teach the lost art of finding, harvesting and processing your own pottery clay from nature just like every potter did until 15 minutes ago.
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CHAPTERS
0:00 Wild clay in our grandfather's time
1:55 What is clay?
4:20 What to look for in nature to find clay
5:33 Where to look for clay
8:54 Why you should stay home and watch videos on the internet.
10:28 Some examples of clay out in the wilds
11:54 Different ways of processing clay
13:30 How to dry process clay
15:54 What is temper and why is it important?
18:30 Mixing up dry processed clay
20:14 How to wet process clay
24:25 Mixing up wet processed clay
29:29 Every clay is different, comparing results

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