The Story of Clay - for beginners

Aimee McLeodI goes down to see Paul Winspear in Takaka about once a year to help him make clay. She gets to pug it all.

Here is a series of photo documenting the process.

The photos date back to 2003

Images by Aimee McLeod

The materials are collected and weighed out	The materials are poured into the heavy duty ex-bakery dough mixer	Then the right amountof water is added to this mixture	The clay is left to mix for a while
The clay is tested for consistency	The clay is dumped on the wedging table ready to pug	De-airing pugmill. Pugging is such fun!	Tubes of clay ready to bag in lots of 6.