Processing some wild clay from Slack's Creek

This is some wild clay that was dug from a yard in Slack's Creek. It was used as fill so is mixed with a lot of dirt and would have been brought in from somewhere else.
I'm doing what's called wet processing of wild clay because I want to remove as many impurities as possible.
Sorry for the out of focus bits. This is literally the first video I have made like this.

[@AncientPottery]

Great! Thanks for sharing your process.

[@waligshi]

4 years 3 comments

[@julieduke7279]

Great video. Can you tell me what size mesh sieves you use please?

[@KimUlrick]

Back then I was using a kitchen sieve (so approx 20 mesh) and 80 mesh. Since then I’ve made myself new sieves and now I’m using 20, 60, 80 and 120.
How fine you sieve is all personal preference though.

[@julieduke7279]

@@KimUlrick thanks for the quick reply. I’m currently processing my 3rd ever batch of clay dug on our property (subtropical east coast of Australia) and it’s red clay with a lot of sand in it. I was interested to see the proportion of sand to clay and thought I’d try to extract it as a learning exercise so i can relate the “feel” of the gritty clay to the quantity. I only have a kitchen sieve so far but will invest in a finer mesh one soon. Thanks again

[@mrbrown3546]

@@julieduke7279 whilst plenty of options around for sieves, and for those not aware, there are honey filters/sieves that work well too.
Some are even made to sit on a bucket etc for ease of use.
I'm north of Ipswich with the same situation as yourself, lucky enough to be able to dig from our own land, and just starting this journey ourselves.

[@waligshi]

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