Feel of Clay

Feel of clay. During this Wednesday’s class, I was trying to focus on the clay, getting a feel for the clay. It’s too easy to focus on the project, and not the material. In this class, we use Danish White or Rod’s Bod clay bodies, fired at cone 10. I’m using Danish White, but I don’t have a feel for what Danish White is all about. It probably would be a good idea to buy some Rod’s Bod later on in the semester, and compare Rod’s Bod with Danish White. In the meantime, I will just pay attention to how Danish White handles while building forms. I don’t know which clay is best for hand-building and on the wheel.

Clay is actually a wonderful material to work with. It’s easily molded into almost anything. It’s like the blank canvas of the oil painter.