| Archive for NEEPS North East Eco-friendly People's Site |
| Forget-me-Not |
Potty BlogsFor those interested in pottery, two of the Pottery Blogs I follow have some exciting green credentials.www.potterboy.blogspot.com is a really lovely guy who I've been speaking to quite a bit this week he builds and uses brick kilns and www.paulthepotter.blogspot.com makes natural non chemical glazes and is lovely too. Both have been told about Neeps. |
| Maria |
Wonderful - will have a mooch later. Love the idea of building. Great you're spreading the mighty neep.  Would be lovely to have potterboy around should anyone decide to build a kiln!
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| Forget-me-Not |
Potty BlogsHe has popped in for a wee look and liked what he saw. Hopefully he'll be back, he's into perma and wind.Beth 
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| khitajrah |
Well this was a little different than I was expecting "Potty Blogs" to be like  I am emptying that potty far too many times during the day, I've got potty training on the brain!
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| Forget-me-Not |
Potty Blogs
Never thought of that!!!!! Whole new dimension!!! Beth
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| Julie |
I thought mini toilets too 
Or nutty people 
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| Forget-me-Not |
Potty BlogsLesson learned! My pottery blog section on blog is called that and never thought about the lack of pottery pics to expplain this on here!!!
I wonder if there are blogs on toilets out there? Toilet spotters???? Victorian etc? 
Beth |
| potterboy |
Nutty people!!!
Actually, that's a pretty spot on description of some of us... |
| wildgarlic |
Potty, nutty - whatever. All welcome here because you will fit in just nicely
Welcome Potterboy.
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| potterboy |
Thank you
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| Maria |
Oooh I want to be nutty too.
Been mooching around your blog - soooo many pots. Just wonderful. Would love to know more about scooping clay out of the earth. Someone here abouts wants a pond digging the clay out of it - or at least it will be a pond when the clays gone. Barmy Beth did you spot the kiln building thread?
How would you go about getting workable clay - do you really have to stomp on it? Oooh forgot in my potty rambling (loo spotters indeed!) I haven't said  to neeps potterboy. Good to have another permaculture fan too.
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| Forget-me-Not |
Kiln BuildingHi,Never saw a recent kiln building or pond digging here. We've had conversations though haven't we. I don't know what you have to do to get ground clay usable for pottery. My Dad's offered me loads from his expansive pond digging too. Not sure whether Eurotunnel would approve a boot full though?!
I have to think of my communal neighbours, they are brilliant but not sure what a huge brick kiln would be thought of. A great thing to have once I've mastered mine and want something bigger though. Beth |
| potterboy |
Are we nutty or potty? I'm confused now... I'll settle on both!
As for your clay, I'm sure you'd be able to do something with it, but it depends a lot on whether it's a clear bed of clay or whether it turns out to be full of soil or other stuff (a few stones and things are fine but not a lot of stuff.) And if it's clean, whether it's suitable for making with, or just as a glaze material. If it is plastic and you can throw with it, then you might be able to just wedge it after it comes out of the ground and use it, or you might need to process some of it. Beth - you need to get your kiln sorted. OK - I'm going to do a blog post on this, as there's so much to say, and I have some clay that needs processing anyway, so it'll get me doing it. |
| kimmie |
welcome potterboy, nice to see the neeps have you busy already You do realise their next question will be when can you get up here and do a demo, dont you
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| potterboy |
Thank you for the welcome.
Ha ha - well, the only thing I could demo would be disaster. I'm still learning all this stuff myself. |
| Maria |
All disasters edible. Oops wrong thread - still dreaming about pizza from the clay oven I think
It's here Beth/Potterboy if you wanna have a read http://neeps.myfreeforum.org/about6409.html |
| Forget-me-Not |
Film from Potter BoyFor anybody interested in pottery. Potter Boy has posted a blog on his site, (mentioning Neeps) about a 9th generation potter who digs his clay from the ground, processes it in a horse drawn pugmill and fires it in a brick kiln.It's a 29 min film. Beth. 
P.S. Am dopey or computer is, linking is not working. Go to mine, Potty Blogs down a bit on the right, to Erm...... or the blog link further up this thread. |