Ceramic Charger Plate Cleanup

Video Transcript

"Now we are going to clean up which is a really important part of the ceramic process and it is a good time to unwind and gather your thoughts for the next day, what you want to throw, what you want to make and get all your tools, I like to take all my tools that I've just used that have clay on them and throw them in my slop bucket including the wire and let them soak. While they soak I'm just going to put this over here on my stool and you want to get up and clean your wheel off because these things are precious and you have got a nice clean wheel and a nice clean work space next time you go to get busy. It doesn't have to be perfect but chunks of clay is what you want to watch out for because if chunks of clay get in your pots and there is no point, you could have porcelain or you can be working with earthen ware or you can be working with a different type of clay body and as you introduce that clay body into a different type of clay body it could be disastrous in the kiln. One thing melts at a different temperature so you want to keep all your clays separate and then this is going to go in my slop bucket. If I were going to be working for a few more hours I would keep this out until it dried out or I could wedge it and put it back in my clay bag but it is going to go in my slop bucket and we are going to recycle in there. We will take all of this slop that I save and I'm not going to throw any more and put it all down in there and it will dissolve and then you will be reclaim this clay and use it time and time again."