The Old Folks Home

[ShrekDawg]

On a wheel? I got to turn a pot once in my junior high art class. My only other clay experience was a coil pot/mug in 5th grade.

I’m not really sure if it’s on a wheel or by hand. I imagine by hand actually cause I know there’s not a wheel in the room and I doubt we’ll be going anywhere lol the group is in the office so it’s in like a big conference type room. So somewhat limited on what we can do but it’s fun. We usually paint or draw so clay is something different and fun.

 

[Nomadicus]

My only experience with clay is learning to drive on a clay street. I grew up on a clay street in a small town and every time it rained that clay street might as well have been ice. Slick as ice and steering was crazy bad after a few cars had stirred it up after a heavy rain. After I had moved away I came back home to visit and found the street paved.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF. Southern red clay - been there, experienced that.

 

[getaclue]

LTAY, when my parents had their lakefront home, it was about a 15 minute drive from the main road, down the dirt road to their place. I'm not sure if it was the county, or the homeowners, but someone got the idea to put a deep layer of red Georgia clay on the road. It was great, until there was a good long rain.

A good long rain (several hours) made it slick as snot. Anything more than a good rain, like during rainy season, and the clay not only became slick, but would break down, and get mushy. Tires would sink into it. For a few years, if you were going to any of the homes or the main boat ramp down that dirt/clay road, during rainy season, 4 wheel drive was a must. You would get stuck, or slide off the road into the ditch without 4 wheel drive.

It was so bad during rainy season, one of the first things to do when arriving home, was to wash the A/C condenser underneath the vehicles. The clay would clog it up, and kill the A/C if you didn't

 

[getaclue]

As to pottery clay, when I was a kid I had a great aunt that made, and restored china head, and some other type dolls, so she had a kiln. When I'd go with my grandmother to visit her, she taught me to make pinch pots, and coil pots. The next time we'd go over, they had been fired (greenware), then I'd paint them, and she'd fire them again. I used to give them as Christmas gifts.

I'd do cut outs for Christmas ornaments too.

 

[ShrekDawg]

Turns out this is just air dry stuff, model magic, but still fun. In March we’re gonna do a bigger project with oven drying stuff.

 

[Sequel]

Because we're old, @ShrekDawg!

Nah, it's cuz we were all napping yesterday. Well, I was.

Me too!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Morning Old Folks still wet here mud is knee deep.

 

[Nomadicus]

I think it's dry enough I may try and work up the onion bed today. Right now it is 70° and feels like 76°

 

[ronott1]

Morning Old Folks still wet here mud is knee deep.

I hope you have some slickers!