Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources

Are you ready to embark on a creative journey that will connect you with your surroundings like never before? Introducing Wild Clay, the ultimate illustrated guide for sourcing, processing, and using natural and found clay. Join potters from around the world as they dig up their own wild clay, unlocking its unique properties and incorporating it into their craft.

Whether you're a novice, an experienced potter, an educator, or a student, this guide is your go-to resource for forging a closer bond between your art and the environment. Drawing from years of experience in the US and Japan, the authors provide invaluable tips that can be applied to clays anywhere. By testing and experimenting, you'll discover the best use for each material, whether it's for sculpture, tiles, throwing clay, handbuilding, slab bodies, or as a glaze or slip.

Found materials possess specific properties that give rise to a diverse range of effects and surfaces. They can even be used as colorful pastels or pigments when not fired. With beautiful illustrations and technical descriptions, this guide teaches you everything you need to know about the formation of various clays, how to locate and collect them, and how to test their properties such as shrinkage, water absorption, texture, and plasticity.

But that's not all! You'll also learn about test-firing techniques and how to adapt a clay's characteristics by blending appropriate materials. From prospecting in the field to holding your finished product, this guide provides helpful advice at every stage. And to inspire you even more, we've included a stunning gallery of work by international potters who have embraced the clays found around them.

Don't miss out on this incredible opportunity to discover and harness the hidden treasures of your local landscape. Get your hands on Wild Clay today and uncover a world of limitless creativity!

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