[QUOTE=loopoo;51068879]any pottery that cracks during firing he keeps to use in the future as "grog". It's basically when you grind and smash up pottery and mix it in with fresh clay. It helps the new batch of clay stay in one piece and makes the likelihood of cracking much lower.
Also to everyone saying he makes it look so easy, these projects of his take months or more. It's probably not as easy as it looks behind the scenes, but he just puts the most interesting clips in for us all to watch.[/QUOTE]
So you exponentially end up with better clay for every broken clay product? That's pretty neat if true
As a first of april joke he should make a computer out of clay
[QUOTE=Recurracy;51068979]So you exponentially end up with better clay for every broken clay product? That's pretty neat if true[/QUOTE]
I wouldn't go so far as to say exponentially. Grog only increases the quality of your next pottery batch by so much. All it does is improve structural integrity and make cracking less likely to happen. You can't keep adding grog to clay and end up with indestructible pottery. I'm also sure that adding too much would have the opposite effect and make your pottery crap.
[QUOTE=loopoo;51069003]I wouldn't go so far as to say exponentially. Grog only increases the quality of your next pottery batch by so much. All it does is improve structural integrity and make cracking less likely to happen. You can't keep adding grog to clay and end up with indestructible pottery. I'm also sure that adding too much would have the opposite effect and make your pottery crap.[/QUOTE]
Adding too much can make it even more brittle than what you're aiming for which can result in even rain shattering it, theres a nice balance when making stuff from clay. You want it to be solid and strong but not so much that it can't take any stress, having too much old casting thrown into the mix can cause this, just makes the structure too hard basically.
Pottery is the powerhouse of the civilization.
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