my hand in a bucket, holding a big chunk of gooey, slippery clay. making slip.

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   benteh (benteh@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 03-Mar-2023 06:08:31 JST benteh

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   english: an archeologist dumped some clay in my office, from a site in Oslo, and he wants to recreate some period artefacts.

   apparently, it comes from "marine strata", and when an archeologist says that, it could mean anything.

   the plasticity is great, the colour consistent with "norwegian blue" – but the firing temperatures. ah. that'll be a wild ride

   #pottery #ceramics