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Is there any way to get an outdoor fire hot enough, I was thinking I could hookup some kind of pipe with a hair dryer duct taped to the end to act as a bellows, and burn coal in it? Also if I get the clay what would be the best way to take out the big grit? I was thinking just roll it out on an old table top and hand picking the bits out.
Aso if I get the clay and clean it and build something from it, how long can one keep that indoors in a dry place, before taking it to a place where I can rent some kiln space,...I am thinking I might can get it in at one of the University of GA kilns, I have gone there before to have them drill me a couple of copper plates for pinhole cameras, the very nice lady there did not want to charge me, and would not take the five dollars I brought for her, so I just left it on her desk.
EDIT: Also would one color clay (white/light gray--red/orange--or black/dark gray) be better, more rare, or easier to work than others ?
In other words which clay should I try to look for more of ?

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19-Nov-2006	#12
zen w/ Hippyistic Tendencies Join Date: Jan-2005 Location: Commerce GA (Near Athens) Country: U.S. USDA Zone: 7b AHS Heat Zone: 7 Posts: 1,799	Is there any way to get an outdoor fire hot enough, I was thinking I could hookup some kind of pipe with a hair dryer duct taped to the end to act as a bellows, and burn coal in it? Also if I get the clay what would be the best way to take out the big grit? I was thinking just roll it out on an old table top and hand picking the bits out. Aso if I get the clay and clean it and build something from it, how long can one keep that indoors in a dry place, before taking it to a place where I can rent some kiln space,...I am thinking I might can get it in at one of the University of GA kilns, I have gone there before to have them drill me a couple of copper plates for pinhole cameras, the very nice lady there did not want to charge me, and would not take the five dollars I brought for her, so I just left it on her desk. EDIT: Also would one color clay (white/light gray--red/orange--or black/dark gray) be better, more rare, or easier to work than others ? In other words which clay should I try to look for more of ? __________________ "Although profoundly "inconsequential," the Zen experience has consequences in the sense that it may be applied in any direction, to any conceivable human activity, and that wherever it is so applied it lends an unmistakable quality to the work." ~ Alan Watts (1915-1973)