Mixing Shards of Obsidian, Tungsten, Malachite & Tourmaline into my Clay

It's time for another round of raw material tests. This time I'm wedging tungsten, tourmaline, malachite and even tiny shards of obsidian into my high iron stoneware clay body. Pray for my tools and for my hands.

I'll be throwing and trimming a batch of test bowls and I apologise in advance for the 'teaser', as this is only the first step in the creation process, the initial wedging, throwing and turning of the bowls once they're leather hard. My YouTube channel closely follows the day-to-day activities in the workshop, which often means I don't get to immediately see the results but that's working with clay, it's a slow process full of long periods of waiting for pots to dry, accumulate and then finally cool down in the kiln.

Rest assured, I will share the finished results when the time comes, when they've been reduction fired to cone ten, (1290ºC), but it may be a few weeks yet!

Raw materials kindly gifted by Devon Malazdrewicz, Pagan, here's his websites, (he also makes fantastically sharp tungsten carbide trimming tools):

Instagram:   / sophisticated_pagan  
Website: https://sophisticatedpagan.ca

THANKS for watching and thank you Pagan, I'll treasure these.

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Timecodes:
0:00 - Introduction & mixing the raw materials into my clay
4:58 - Cleaning out the wheel preemptively
5:42 - Throwing the give bowls
11:55 - Drying the work properly & safely
12:55 - Trimming the bowls
23:30 - Tidying up & avoiding contamination

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