Locating Wild Clay: Finding, Processing, and Testing Clay for Pottery with Andy Ward

#017- If you're interested in making your own pottery you first need to know how to find and process the clay that is local to your area. In this episode we're discussing how to find and identify local wild clays for making your own handmade pottery. We also dive into how to refine and purify that clay, as well as temper it and test it. Andy does a lot of replica pottery that revolves around the archeological pottery of his area, so we also discuss the cultures of the Southwestern U.S. and how some of their pottery differs.
If you're interested in learning to source your own materials and become more self sufficient in the craft this episode is for you.... and if that's not you, it's still fascinating to learn!

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www.folkcraftrevival.com/17