<![CDATA[I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research.]]>I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. I have made a mug out of wild clay and wild clay glaze. I'm stoked.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/tsherrygeo/statuses/116471498804286801https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/tsherrygeo/statuses/116471498804286801Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:33:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:31:44 GMT]]>@MLE_online it looks peaceful

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ferrix/statuses/116471490435170161https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/ferrix/statuses/116471490435170161Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:31:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:19:11 GMT]]>This mug feels very much like a diner mug to drink out of. If I kept the overall shape but shortened and thickened the handle (to make it less likely to break), I think it would be a really good mug shape for diners.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116471441126905360https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116471441126905360Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:19:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:13:01 GMT]]>Inaugurating my new mug

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116471416833228290https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116471416833228290Sun, 26 Apr 2026 14:13:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:20:20 GMT]]>@kennric Maybe you can increase the percentage of kaolin. It's very refractory.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116469322224547408https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116469322224547408Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:20:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:18:27 GMT]]>@MLE_online excellent! I'll give that a try, I suspect I'll need to adjust somewhat for my clay's lower firing temp - I have to add silica to the body already to keep it solid at cone 6.
I'm excited all over again to do some hyper local pottery 🙂
Thank you for sharing!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kennric/statuses/116469314856812128https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kennric/statuses/116469314856812128Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:18:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:05:44 GMT]]>@kennric Hi!

It's supplemented with commercial components. I've got another glaze now that's 100 percent stuff I gathered myself, but this one has some ingredients from the studio.

I based it on this recipe: https://glazy.org/recipes/223314

I substituted my wild clay for the ball clay and doubled the amount of it I was adding to the recipe. That's it! It's a very simple recipe.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116469264857211829https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116469264857211829Sun, 26 Apr 2026 05:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:55:31 GMT]]>@MLE_online that looks amazing! I would love to know details, particularly about the glaze, if your willing to share. I'm on a similar journey with clay from my back yard, it's iron rich and melts at cone 6, but it's a beautiful red and my goal is a mug I can actually drink out of.
I'm close with the body, but haven't even considered wild glaze. Is it all wild, or supplemented with commercial components?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kennric/statuses/116469224642759052https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/kennric/statuses/116469224642759052Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:55:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:19:09 GMT]]>@MLE_online You should be. That's a gorgeous mug! You had a great idea. 👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116469081700534158https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.stevesworld.co/users/steter/statuses/116469081700534158Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:19:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:13:21 GMT]]>@deborahh It's very chemical! Glazes are just glass formers and fluxes. The glass formers are materials that turn into glass when melted and fluxes help them melt so they can turn into glass

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116469058877349050https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116469058877349050Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:13:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:03:44 GMT]]>@MLE_online it seems almost alchemical, to me. 🤭

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116469021073760700https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116469021073760700Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:03:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:03:09 GMT]]>@MLE_online oh. I see! Thanks.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116469018735005798https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116469018735005798Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:03:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:57:23 GMT]]>@deborahh oh, and they usually have some clay mixed in as well

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116468996106663273https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116468996106663273Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:57:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:56:28 GMT]]>@deborahh commercial glaze sometimes contains glass frit, but most don't. They are usually made of some combination of silica, feldspar, fluxes, and colorants

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116468992472758130https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116468992472758130Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:56:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:54:23 GMT]]>@MLE_online but commercial glaze is ground glass, right?

And wild glaze? Is it quartz? Sand? I'm having trouble imagining it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116468984251423916https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116468984251423916Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:54:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:52:54 GMT]]>@MLE_online 🫠

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116468978472162426https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116468978472162426Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:52:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:41:12 GMT]]>@MLE_online Nice!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/116468932466449388https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://m.ai6yr.org/users/ai6yr/statuses/116468932466449388Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:41:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:41:06 GMT]]>@MLE_online really neat rim btw

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KQ3Y0T76VKKQV8VNKYEPRH4Mhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KQ3Y0T76VKKQV8VNKYEPRH4MSun, 26 Apr 2026 03:41:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:40:49 GMT]]>@MLE_online amazing!!!!!!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KQ3Y09P6T30A8EB3NW22V3Q1https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://adhd.irenes.space/users/ireneista/statuses/01KQ3Y09P6T30A8EB3NW22V3Q1Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:40:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:30:17 GMT]]>@MLE_online
That's pretty awesome!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tacoma.community/users/justin/statuses/116468889546286904https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.tacoma.community/users/justin/statuses/116468889546286904Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:30:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:21:13 GMT]]>@deborahh It's much easier than wild clay objects. Wild clay likes to melt at cone 10. Glaze is meant to melt, so wild clay doesn't present many problems there. That is a big problem if the body of the mug itself melts though

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116468853856774480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.afront.org/users/MLE_online/statuses/116468853856774480Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:21:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:19:16 GMT]]>@MLE_online wild clay *glaze* sounds challenging!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116468846170230448https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116468846170230448Sun, 26 Apr 2026 03:19:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:40:43 GMT]]>@misternineham @MLE_online This is too painfully accurate.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davebauerart/statuses/116468222761332850https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/davebauerart/statuses/116468222761332850Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:40:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I finally did it after two years of trial and error and research. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:03:10 GMT]]>@MLE_online ruination as a service.

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