Recycle Clay like a BOSS!!

[@simpleartideas]

Nice play with clay... excellent!! Beautiful creation.

[@chrisp.76]

Your video is very professional. I didn't have any trouble hearing you-as I do with most videos on youtube! I was a high school art teacher and taught pottery classes. I had a lot to reclaim. One thing I did was to combine my new or old clay that was a little too hard with my clay that was still too soft after a day or two on plaster (no plaster use now). I would cut the dry clay and make sandwiches with layers of wet between two layers of dry. Then I'd cut the sandwiches in half and re-stack them and put them in a bag so the moisture could even out. If it still needed a little mixing, I could cut the layered clay and layer in a different direction. Sometimes I would throw the pieces of cut clay down onto each other or pound them together. Eventually, the clay would be workable and could be wedged before using. Just another way to do it that is good if you don't have a lot of space. Thanks for the great video. I'm going to try it!

[@chrisp.76]

@@jamiedovefloridapottery2686 Most potters don't care how clay covered you are!

[@sorghum-greatvideoenjoyedi7408]

Love this video! I was a home potter - and used to ALWAYS recycle clay - small scale compared to you. Wish I had know this method.......

[@davidhoogenboom5995]

Going through all of your videos and am very impressed. Great work.

[@jamiedovefloridapottery2686]

Thank you very much! It's a lot of work, but a lot of love too... Glad you enjoyed the videos!

[@tadcody]

Nice. You have a pleasant voice and great delivery. Can you please tell me if you are able to reuse the sheets, or if this is a one-time, thrift store thing? Probably not tossing them in the laundry, eh?

[@cathiebell3640]

Cool Jamie...lots of work involved in recycling...makes me tired just watching.

[@annerinaldo5220]

thank you!

[@freddiemoretti8456]

Great video! I use the same type of system but only with holes drilled in the bottom......will have to get the drill out and do some up the side. My top bucket sits in a wooden ring suspending it over the bottom one. Thanks for sharing and reminding me I should sieve.

[@freddiemoretti8456]

@@jamiedovefloridapottery2686 Me too....