I finally got off my butt and built a clay drying platform for my recycled slurry and stuff that I bring back from the mountain. It’s made of standard cinderblocks and lined with some canvas. The canvas helps to keep everything fairly even, no dry edges and wet center. Pictured is when I had it with one side cloth, one side without, to see which worked better. The cloth side was the winner, hence the canvas.

Since these pics were taken, I’ve reconstituted about 100kg of clay I got from Nishioka Koju’s supply. It’s a beautiful clay that should make some wonderful pots. If you’ve ever seen any of Koju san’s work, you have an idea of the type of clay. It’s a real treasure that I’ll probably never have again.