How can I make my own pottery clay using red georgia clay?
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October 11th, 2010
dig your own clay for pottery in Georgia
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I would look in a book with clay recipes specific to the cone you want to fire to.A good one is “The Potter’s Complete Book of Clay and Glazes” by James Chappell
A good earthenware throwing body recipe is
60-local red clay
10-fire clay
10-Kaolin
8-SIO2
10–40-60 mesh grog
2 -Jordan clay
fired to cone 08–04
I have a friend who does pottery but I don’t know anything about it
I don’t know much about using that kind of clay, but I feel like the coolest projects I have seen are those that use polish pottery . You should consider using that method instead; I’m sure you’ll love the results :)
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