Another reason why clay should be wedged or kneaded

Friday 9th January 2015

Left: A high-contrast photo of a cut across the cross section of an eight-month-old slug of Plainsman M370 pugged clay. Right: A cut of a just-produced material (which will exhibit the same pattern in eight more months). You can feel different stiffnesses as you drag your finger across this clay, these are a product of the aging process combined with the natural lamination that a insight-live.com/glossary/239">pugmill produces. Clearly, the older material needs to be wedged before use in hand building or on the wheel.

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Micro Organisms, Wedging, Laminations

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