patterns emerge as the clay slip dries even though I try to coat the surface as evenly as I can
dried slip is surprisingly pliable, wavering like ribbons even I mist the entire surface with water again
but as pliable as it seems, it cannot be picked up or kept
I decide to flatten it instead
when it’s dry, the formations can be easily scrapped off with a spatula and returned to it’s dry state. this one is called B3
if I add water to this, mix well, pour it out onto a tray again, it dries over time and creates another formation
all store bought clays and dried clay ingredients have been created through process of erosion and compression over hundreds of thousands of years. clay particles are very fine and light, so they often travel long distances in the wind or carried by rivers, and only settle when the air or water is still.
over these long distances and stretches of time, their mineral structure slowly changes and they acquire material properties like their plasticity, which enable clay to be formed very thin and curved without breaking
landscape dried within two hours in the bright afternoon sun
ghosts of the previous layer floating on a new layer of clay
