Wild Clay // North & South Carolina
This is a working log that will be updated as samples are collected, processed, and tested.
Azule Creek — Hot Springs, NC — (35.8407711, -82.8571922)
date collected: 01/24/2025
greenware (sieved)
^11 soda-fired
^08
^6
^10 reduction
Hill at Azule — Hot Springs, NC — (35.8418626, -82.8583295)
date collected: 01/27/2025
greenware (sieved)
^08
^6
^10 reduction
^11 soda fired
left: ^10 reduction, right: +~50% wood ash
Rabbit Den Road — Hot Springs, NC — (35.8387903, -82.8583295)
date collected: 01/26/2025
greenware (sieved)
^08
^6
^10 reduction
^11 soda-fired
left: ^10 reduction, right: +~50% wood ash
Micaceous Clay By Dad’s House — Greer, SC — (34.9858395, -82.2587753)
date collected: 01/28/2025
greenware (sieved)
^08
^10 reduction
^6
From a runoff ditch behind my dad’s property.
very thixotropic but compresses to extremely smooth/burnished surface. mica flakes visible through ^06.
Refractory at ^10. Might be good as an additive to lower melting point clays.