The whole process is a pretty messy affair, but certainly appeals to my frugal bone. Not to mention that it gets to the heart of recycling and that's just plain good karma.
My current reclaim process is:
1. Dump re-do's and scrap into the mosh pit for a good soak.
2. When it's filled to overflow, stick my feet in it for a mini mud bath.
3. Upon reaching maximum capacity, scoop out handfuls and slather on drywall boards.
4. If sunny - take boards outside and start the drying out process. Then wedge. Then take a tylenol.
5. If not sunny - bring boards inside and stare at them for awhile. Then scoop muck into a new mosh pit. Go back to Step 2.
Must be a better way...
Ha i like step 5...seems we work in the same ethic...
ReplyDeletei do this whole routine and although i don't really enjoy it, it saves money and is good to recycle. i don't have a mosh pit though... just a thousand buckets scattered everywhere with slaking clay scraps
ReplyDeleteI try to use up every last scrap of slab rolled clay, then I slake the last little bits and make my own slip. I suppose once I start making more work I will need to do this process, because one only needs so much slip. Lots of work moshing and wedging and staring.
ReplyDeleteWith my mosh pit it doesn't take long at all to dry out we get to 120 degrees here so its pretty fast. lol
ReplyDeleteI'm like Jim and have buckets and boxes of clay all over my studio--hidden under tables and stuffed into corners. I enjoy the savings as well, but I really hate the process :)
ReplyDeleteWe use plaster bats to toss all the throwing scraps on and then pug them in with clay the next day, or as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteWe do wet down dry scraps and dry in sheets with wooden frames.
How did I miss that, you moved?
ReplyDeleteI am trying unsuccessfully to paste a link here, but on my blob down on the right is a link on the piggy teaset for the greater Ithaca art trail, of which I am a member. They do some advertising etc for 2 open studio weekends. I do a lot more advertising on the blog and FB.