Emily Velasco

This is what I've been working towards for two years: a high-fire wild clay mixture without any store-bought or studio-supplied ingredients.

This mini bottle, minus the glaze, is made entirely from clays that i dug out of the ground, and it survived a cone 10 firing without melting or even slumping.

Now that I know it works, I can try actually making something big with it.

Mar 21 at 11:03pmWeb
Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
And, knowing that that works, I feel confident I can make a piece of pottery out of wild clay and glaze it with glaze made from wild clay and wood ashes, and then I will have a piece of pottery made completely from wild raw materials
Show threadApiary1d ago
@MLE_online such a neat project.
Show threadGreg Bell1d ago
@MLE_online this cries out for another sentence. You could go with something like "and then I will be unstoppable" or the venerable "and they'll all be sorry!"
Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
@ferrix I shouldn't post anything here that could be used as evidence against me in court
Show threadJohn Wilson1d ago
@MLE_online I’m just starting the process to do something similar with watercolors. Minus the binder - I don’t have a local source of gum arabic
Show threadAdrian Riskin 1d ago

@MLE_online

Fantastic!

Show threadpetes_bread_eqn_xls1d ago
@MLE_online do the colors indicate something about the clay’s composition?
Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
@petes_bread_eqn_xls the colors of the glaze it the colors of the clay body?
Show threadpetes_bread_eqn_xls1d ago
@MLE_online I don’t know the difference
Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
@petes_bread_eqn_xls the glaze is the shiny blue portion. The clay body is the matte brown area underneath it
Show threadthe Stripey Goodness1d ago
@MLE_online this is an awesome accomplishment!
Show threadEmma needs ☕️ and paying work1d ago
@MLE_online congrats! Did you have to do multiple test pieces to figure out the temperature range and mixture?
Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
@emma I did!
Show threadMx. Eddie R1d ago

@MLE_online
Ohh, that's exciting!

Is it more a matter of technique, or of finding the right wild clay(s)?

Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
@silvermoon82 finding the right clays and finding the right mixture of them
Show threadElle O. Vee Eee1d ago
@MLE_online rock on!
Show threadstandev1d ago
@MLE_online that’s amazing
Show threadÅsa Maria Hedberg - artist1d ago
@MLE_online wow! Congratulations!
Show threadEmily Velasco1d ago
@AasaMariaHedberg thank you!
Show threaddcbaok1d ago
@MLE_online that glaze looks like it's full of ghosts. Congrats on your success.
Show threadEric Vitiello1d ago
@MLE_online too cool!
Show threadLucie / minute1d ago
@MLE_online really nice colors on the glaze, reminds me of spectrograms
Show threadFelipe L. Sologuren G.1d ago
@MLE_online beautiful!
Show threadWonderdog 🏳️‍🌈1d ago
@MLE_online gorgeous!
Show threadMx. Chara Aznable (they/them) of the Pnictogen Wing1d ago
that's pretty friggin' impressive.
Show threadHenri1d ago
That's gorgeous. Sake bottle?
Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus1d ago

@unusual_thoughts

that was my first thought..

great minds think alike

Show threadMa Quest 1d ago
@MLE_online Thanks for posting. Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday
Show threadFelis_Catus_Domesticus1d ago

@MLE_online

congratulations! it's beautiful

Show threadMichael Horne1d ago
@MLE_online Small yet gorgeous 🤩
Show threadNeil1d ago
@MLE_online that is absolutely beautiful
Show threadRichard "mtfnpy" Harman (he/him)9h ago
@MLE_online that's a beautiful thing, and time well spent!
Show threadEragon6h ago
@MLE_online fyi you can make good glazing using ashes mixed with some other ingredients (I don't know the full process) and get a glazing from the wild