The beauty of variation.
Recycling leftover clay is quite common in ceramic productions - both the large and the small ones. The challenge in the Odd Standard microfactory is that we do not work with just one or two types of clay as most other workshops and factories do. We work with around twenty clays, all with different techical specifications and aestetical qualtites!
Our solution is to mix them - and the colour of the clay mix varies depending on which clays are in production at the given time. Sometimes our recycled clay is lighter, sometimes darker, some weeks it is dominated by red clay, other weeks by flecked clay.
This again means that our recycled products have a natural variation within each glaze/colour finish, due to the variation in mix and colour of the recycled clay. A transparent glaze will reveal the colour of the clay quite clearly, while coloured glazes will change in colour depending on the colour of the clay beneath.
A selection of recycled products; Krum in matte green, Muki, Kuppi and Bowler in transparent glaze, Poco and Mola also transparent, Dolp in matte yellowish, Søkk in golden semi-matte and Rille in matte green.
Puggy is our pugmill. Her task is to mix dry and wet clay into a smooth and even mix, and to extrude de-aired clay into perfect cylinders.
Freshly pugged (ectruded) clay cut into pieces of the right size. The variation of the recycled clay is easily spottet at this stage!
Puggy has caused us quite a few headaches sine she arrived. Here’s Tonje and Constance discussing Puggys work ethics.
Recycled clay colour “semi-matte golden mix"
Recycled clay colour “matte greenish mix”.
Recycled clay colour “pink matte”
The variation in clay colour can clearly be seen on the back of the plates!
Recycled clay colour “yellowish matte).
Transparent glaze on Mola in recycled clay.
Transparent glaze on Poco in recycled clay.
Bowler 11 in recycled clay with transparent glaze on the inside only.
Muki in recycled clay with transparent glaze.
Rille in recycled clay with various matte glazes.
Søkk in recycled clay with a semi-matte golden glaze.