Me
Clay is fascinating stuff
and it's amazing what we can make with it
Every kind of artisan firing under the sun, and they all alter the final pot
Fascinating stuff.
Have you tried digging up your own clay ? that's bushcrafty enough
We're on good clay here, Lanarkshire blue clay. It's not unknown for me to pester the men digging up the roads for dods of the stuff
Son2 cringes in horror as I brazenly ask them if they'll fill a bucket with it for me
That said, anywhere you see cracked ground when it's dry, then you've a chance of finding clay.
Hear ? have a try at a pot that'll hold a candle on a post. Make the pot and let it dry out really well, fill it with wax or fat and a wick ( or use a pinecone) and set it alight. The heat from the burning wax/fat doesn't quite ceramicise the pot, but it does soft fire it, especially if you use it again and again.
atb,
Toddy