Yesterday I went down to Seagrove to help out Chad Brown put some of the chinking in his log cabin. The cabin looks great and will make a wonderful home, pottery, or showroom some day (Chad thinks it may go through several incarnations) in the near future.
On Friday me and Joseph got the drying beds fill up. The old system, before we built Mark the drying beds, involved putting the clay directly on the slab on top of and covered by bed sheets. I like this system much more. I've read that the more the clay is watered down in the original mixing the more plastic it will be after drying. We will see.
Today Joseph and I did wood for most of the day and soaked up some much needed sunshine. I even got to take the old cut-offs for a spin. Tomorrow it's back on the wheel, hopefully to make some half gallon pitchers.
5 comments:
Man, it was a beautiful NC day wasn't it?
I've been reading about log construction last week. Chad's place looks great!
Do you have some chaps to wear over those shorts when you're sawing?
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the clay beds look great, nothing like putting new stuff in the workshop..
I do have some chaps. They are in the top of my closet where they aren't doing a tremendous amount of good. I think Ill pull them down!
Hello from Minnesota... what a beautiful day in North Carolina.... It will be maybe two months for the snow to leave here.
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