Recycling clay

Instructions to recycle clay scraps or bone dry block of clay to a workable and usable clay

Art Teachers! Here's an alternative method for drying clay that doesn't involve a plaster slab drying station. Find at least four, buckets. (Ask the maintenance crew at your school.)

Recycling clay scraps so they can be made into workable clay again can be done without any machinery.

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Kathi on Instagram: "| h a n d m a d e . m i n d f u l . a r t Reclaim day with my favorite RECLAIMR bags - available in my etsy shop ♡ Instructions: 1. crush dried clay 2. put it in a the RECLAIMR 3. soak in water for one hour 4. hang up 5. flatten a little the next day 6. take out and knead after 48 hours 7. it’s done ♡ . . Clay by Goerg & Schneider 371 @haveagoodclay . #mindfulliving #vision #art #artist #ceramics #ceramicart #freeart #mindful #openminded #zenart #potterylove #clayart…

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As clay artists, we’re so lucky that we can reduce the amount of waste we produce by reclaiming or recycling our unfired clay. When we make something that cracks, warps or doesn’t look how we wanted it to, we can reclaim our clay, bringing it back to its original state so...

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Jackie Wright Ceramics on Instagram: "Recycling clay. One of the best things about clay is that if you’re not happy with the piece that you’ve thrown, you can recycle and throw it again. To do this I first let the clay dry out completely, then I break it up and put it in a bucket with water - leave it a day or so - then follow the steps that you see in this reel. The drying time on the plaster bat was about 4 hours on the first side, then about 30 minutes on the other side, before it…