I went to Shoukotoudo in Ureshino this morning to check out some of the new clay bodies they’ve been working on. Matsuo San, the owner, showed me some fired samples from a new body made to mimic the properties of the old Yamase clay. It looked so good I bought 135kg for testing. Really looking forward to playing with it. 

Here’s a picture of one of the machines in the factory, one ton batches!

And here is a freshly pugged batch, he was just feeding in the filter press cakes when I pulled up. 

And finally: