Here's My Busy Pot

Testing New Clay!

I have come to the decision that I need to find a new clay to work with.  My old clay is just boring to me and I want to find something that has more iron in it.   I would like a clay that can be left unglazed and look good.  

I am currently testing two clays from Standard Clay.   The first is #308 Brooklyn Red, this is a reddish clay at cone 7.  The Second is #211 Hazelnut Brown, this is a dark brown clay that is suppose to give the look of reduction firing in oxidation at cone 7.  

I threw a couple of small bowls last night to see how it felt and both clays handled really nicely, I liked #308 a little better that could be just because it's a fun red color.  Anyway here's the bowls.

I'll post the firing results as well.