Clay Journey

 Just because...

Where I live the dirt is black clay. I've heard it is not good for pottery. I believe them, but how bad is it?

Figured I'd find out.

Looked for an area with a lot of cracks, dug down below grass. Added water and mixed it up.

After it set for a few minutes I poured it through some screen. 

 

 

 

 

Poured it into a pillowcase to drain the water out.

After a few days its still wet, but put it in a bucket to finish drying out. It's sticky, so I will probably need to add something to it. 

I will make a small bowl and see what happens. Probably wont be for another week or 2 before I try that.