Nice one

Now I'm salivating for crab fugu

Thanks. Cleared the land in the spring of 2022. Put in the foundation and started laying brick that summer, built the kiln shed over the half-finished kiln that autumn. Finished the kiln including chimney in the summer of 2023. Built out my pottery that fall. First firing: June 2024

I imagine that, if you put the aligned particles under a microscope, they would look like the plates in my video, just a little smaller 😉

Yes, "compress." Quotes because that's what it feels like, as you throw down. You likely know that "throw" is from Old English "þrāwan" (yes, the first letter is a "thorn"), pronounced, as far as I can tell, "throwin." Meaning, to twist. You twist the clay, so all the tiny plate-like particles align

And not even the same phylum as peppermint Schnapps

You're welcome. Yes. I was taught to think "low bowl," not flat plate, because the flange will fall and the center will rise in the kiln. Unless you fire the ware upside down, which I often do, in search of flame marks

Closer to 2 kg for these. After turning, about 1 kg. Given I woodfire, I think going forward I'll throw this form with 5 lbs and trim just a little heavier, so I lose less to warping. Give it a try, if physically injured. A lot of downward pressure, tho. But yes, only brief pulling to form the rim

*prez, dammit

What did the pedo press charge for this pardon?

Nice! I've made salt pigs but no salt 🦔 🦔 🦔 (yet)

I get the dip because my palette runs Mex, but I confess to never understanding chicken-fried steak. I was heartily advised to try it in Texas and Oklahoma. Las dos veces no es bueno

Too kind. Not how it feels, this end of the brush 😂

Thanks. Don't worry, the kiln will be sure to keep it from being twee

Appreciated. Trick is, drink, but only just enough not to fall over

Thanks. Trick is, no attachment

Sit in the sun like an old dog, is what I'd like to do. But clay work is a winter activity for me, and there isn't much sun here now