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Trashcan is a Mangalitsa (no pedigree). Funniest part starts around 50s.

This was a test of concept and it worked great. I will be improving this so I don't loose as much slurry.

A sparkly stone I found while digging some sand for a garden project.

In this video I show how I dewater processed clay slurry and the tools I use. Clays can take various times to dewater with very plastic ones taking a significant amount of time even with the dewatering apparatus. I haven't worked with this particular clay before so we'll see how this it does.

Petey was excited to help me clear some limbs this morning

How I process local clays for use in pottery. This shows the first sieve. After this I generally sieve finer, and let the sand settle out. The sieves remove most of the organic materials (bits of roots and leaves) and helps to break up clay lumps. Once you get a thin slurry (milk thin) sand and silt will settle to the bottom quickly (10 min or so) and you can pour off the clay water on top.

A silty material example of thixotropy