This is a cut through an eight-month-old slug of pugged clay. The cut was done near the surface. The patchy coloration is a by-product of the aging process. If a slice of this was fired in a kiln, an even and homogeneous white surface would emerge, with no hint of what you see here. A few moments of insight-live.com/glossary/374">wedging will mix the matrix and ready it for wheel throwing or hand forming.
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