www.simonleachpottery.com Join us for a “keep practicing” workshop …Details on web site Clay recycling is my donkey work for today ! We keep practicing :) SL
funny , I did donkey work today too..but I use tee shirts and pillow cases and set out to flip and flop till just right depending on the weather. I love your videos!
Very helpful video (i.e. it confirms the way I've been doing it!) I use a piece of wallboard with the paper removed instead of plaster. Works well. What DOESN'T do well is using apple vinegar--had to keep the windows open for two days, and even then... Quite a nasty lesson to learn. Thanks for the continued advice, Simon-sensei, and cheers from Japan.
I do like the smell of vinegar and that's good to know it helps it be more plastic. It's quite nice to do the process of recycling clay. I can't throw clay away either.
Thanks for the reminder. I bit the bullet and purchased a Peter Pugger 6 years ago to allow mixing and pugging of my own clay directly from dried recycled clay and raw dry materials. Daily I mix clay for the next day. Took the "Donkey work" out my studio and added "I make mix my own clay".
I need to do a bunch of the same sort of work, I don't have much clay ready and a whole bunch of dry scrap. Also, thanks for switching back to the wise screen, we watch you on the TV screen most of the time.
Simon My good friend, I have returned from hospital and still not doing great , but better. its good to see you doing a FULL size video and not one of the little clips that you can not really see. NOW the most import part ! Nice Shirt !!!. Im sorry that I have not sent you the formal for the RED Glaze, Now that I'm getting a bit better Im going to box up a quart and send it to you before I forget. Hope to talk to you soon. eddie
funny , I did donkey work today too..but I use tee shirts and pillow cases and set out to flip and flop till just right depending on the weather. I love your videos!
Very helpful video (i.e. it confirms the way I've been doing it!) I use a piece of wallboard with the paper removed instead of plaster. Works well. What DOESN'T do well is using apple vinegar--had to keep the windows open for two days, and even then... Quite a nasty lesson to learn. Thanks for the continued advice, Simon-sensei, and cheers from Japan.
I do like the smell of vinegar and that's good to know it helps it be more plastic. It's quite nice to do the process of recycling clay. I can't throw clay away either.
Thanks for the reassurance about dark smelly stored clay!
Nice donkey work!:)I greatly enjoyed the video,thank you Simon 👍
Thanks for the reminder. I bit the bullet and purchased a Peter Pugger 6 years ago to allow mixing and pugging of my own clay directly from dried recycled clay and raw dry materials. Daily I mix clay for the next day. Took the "Donkey work" out my studio and added "I make mix my own clay".
I am doing it... while drinking a cold Beer on the side!.
Essential !
I need to do a bunch of the same sort of work, I don't have much clay ready and a whole bunch of dry scrap.
Also, thanks for switching back to the wise screen, we watch you on the TV screen most of the time.
This format is not so easy for me to do as the vertical but will try to do more in the landscape view.
Audio sounds a off ??? background music ?? ..... cheers
You had lots of clay in your pottery wheel catchment
A job i have been doing, i have buckets of it to recycle lol
I use the fiber cloth on the plaster slab put the clay on them then simply roll the clay as it is drying lol
Simon My good friend, I have returned from hospital and still not doing great , but better. its good to see you doing a FULL size video and not one of the little clips that you can not really see. NOW the most import part ! Nice Shirt !!!. Im sorry that I have not sent you the formal for the RED Glaze, Now that I'm getting a bit better Im going to box up a quart and send it to you before I forget. Hope to talk to you soon. eddie
I recycle my clay too, but didn't know about the vinegar. Excellent tip. Thank you and love from Argentina.😊
Great to hear from Argentina …and the good things happening down there !
clay recycling is my least favorite part but I hate waste so I´m still doing it.
Yes I know the feeling about recycling ! Worth doing though. Keep practicing!
Oh mine too. Good tip about drying completely. I am so bad for not doing that and end up with lumpy clay.
Thank you Simon.
Thanks Simon. Great video. I'm just starting out in the ceramic world and this is just the kind of thing I need to learn
Yep keep practicing…lots to learn, a lifetime to do it :)