Me too!!

I had a napkin...tried to wipe it off...

you had to pause because a piece of dirt triggered you? christ

@@jon1819 you apparently are clueless as to what ocd is.

@@AngelxXxDarken no I do I just also know most people who say they have it don’t have it

Did you just call clay wild

Thanks Doug glad you liked them! I'll try my best, thanks for commenting!

Douglas Nickerson

No problem Man Teksho, thank you for commenting!

About where would some of the clay come from because I can’t find many clay rocks

Well...

Anprim gang

I'm glad this video was able to help you! I have seen the other videos on KZfaq about this subject and wanted to do something different because I didn't think most of them would be helpful. Good luck on finding clay, once you learn how it sticks out like a sore thumb every where you see it! Always nice to see you here!

Thank you Robin that's great to hear, glad you find it soothing!

Me too, however it is not on my land and I don’t want to take too much of it because I want other people to be able to have some too.

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting!

You're very welcome, glad you enjoyed it!

You're very welcome! A lot can be done, you're only limited by imagination when it comes to clay!

cool

i dont have any i really wanted to do this in my area there are no forest and my local river has a border soooooo EEEE sad

You're welcome Lyna, you should find a lot depending on where you live in Tennessee. I remember when I was down in Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg I visited a lot clay shops and they all used local Tennessee clay, and they had everything from vases to butter dishes and even cooking vessels so you should be able to find some really good clay there. Good luck in your venture and thanks for commenting!

Thank you ! ..I live on the outskirts of the Appalachias in Middle Tenn...Hoping to get out tomorrow and look. We went for a walk yesterday and got a good bit of Stinging Nettle(Crazy it's growing in Dec. O.o) I also found a Mullein flower stalk that still had seeds! I Brought some of those home too. :D Hope you have a wonderful week!

You're very welcome Lyna! The weather is quite up and down right now and many plants think it's spring. Some of my trees have buds on them and their is a red clover in my yard that has flowered too, so definitely take advantage of those things that are growing right now, especially the nettles as they are quite delicious and very healthy. Hope you have a good week too and thank you!

You're welcome Brenda! Kind of, I haven't got a primitive way of firing it good yet but I got a few unfired pieces still waiting for when I do! Yes the weather is wonderful, been enjoying it myself. That's great to hear you're usually finding things to bring home, thanks for commenting!

+Lucero Rodriguez Yeah there's a lot of clay there! Thanks for commenting Lucero!

Yes, all my videos are filmed in central Indiana and sometimes southern Indiana.

Red clay is rather good for many things, I don't use it as I don't have it locally here but many Natives of the southern U.S. used it and it is still used today by many artisans. Certainly worth a try!

Thanks Amateur Chemist! Yeah the past few videos have been with the Rode Video Micro because on board microphones on DSLRs are horrid. It's pretty nice especially for it's size and weight as it's one of the lightest and smallest on board microphones available. Thanks for asking and I hope this helps!

It is a great firestarter! I mix it with pine sap and beeswax sometimes. That keeps it waterproof so I don't have to worry if it gets wet.

Thank you Trench Forge! Not found arrowheads but I have found a small hide cutter and some rocks with native copper. That's about it unfortunately though I'd love to find more! Thanks for asking!

I was on state forest property, a lot of the public forest land down south has small wells all over the place. Usually left over from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. The small creek banks are filled with clay down here, clay of all kinds. I'm about 20 min south of Indianapolis so it's nice to have another Hoosier here!

Indiana is the USA tho

@ Carson It is but to a lot if viewers I sound Canadian, so much so that I actually covered it in a Q&A video a few years ago. Other people think I sound like Boomhauer from King of the Hill. I guess I'm just a chameleon with my accent! It's cool with me though because I find it interesting how different people interpret different accents.

@@TrilliumWildEdibles it's no surprise that Americans and Canadians for the most part sound the same

Well that settles it! I'm going back with an excavator to get rich.

yes it can but you cant turn it into ceramic and make it waterproof

guilty😅

The clay can be used for anything you would use clay for, like pots, cups, vases, etc.

You could make arrowheads with it too

Archer you can make a pool and house

@@gjigaqaquj , Use flint or thick glass for arrowheads, not clay

Yep, we have some great clay in Indiana and there's loads of it too!

@@TrilliumWildEdibles idk where youre located but i was kayaking down the patoka river out of wheeling the other day and saw a 8 or 9 inch thick seam of the smoothest most pure clay iv found in years. Not a touch of sand in it!!

I'm in southern Morgan county, but there's a few good places with clay like that here too. I actually collected some a few years ago and use it for small projects or to add to a potted plant if need be. Our rivers and creeks are loaded with great clay all across the state. How's the kayaking on the Patoka? Would it be a good canoeing river?

@@TrilliumWildEdibles oh absolutly... Its a slow river. Usually not terribly shallow. Good steady current for floating

Pretty much yes!

Interesting! I'll have to watch again and take a look sometime, thanks for sharing!

I think clay is different everywhere. The clay here in alberta is much different. It is sticky and malleable. I have found it just in travelling while I was young. I am going to the mountains though to practice surviving and I need clay. I can buy high quality clay here easy but I want to be able to find it because I know its plentiful. What you show here kind of resembles shale or slate or some looked even sandy. I wonder if you know if clay forms in mountains and foothill biomes?

The same methods apply anywhere really.

Hmm...first I've heard of that on this video. Unfortunately I can't change the volume after uploading though. Thanks for the feedback, it's always appreciated!

Sounds like I need to head to SE Indiana!

Oh yeah, Texas and more of the southern U.S. seems to have an easier time finding good clay in the yard. Here in the north where I'm at the better clay is in creeks and rivers. Thanks for commenting!

I thought some were too but they were ground down and mixed with water and it was clay, very sandy but it was clay. The place I filmed this video doesn't have much limestone surprisingly considering Indiana is the limestone capital of the U.S. Thanks for commenting!

Yes, any clay can be used to make things. Even ground up clay pots from the dollar store can work.

Trillium: Wild Edibles I've been looking for info on making pottery. Thank you so much for your video and comment.

Lol, it did me too while editing! You could screen some of the sand out to get the clay to your liking, or find better clay. Those are about the choices to my knowledge.

Southern Morgan County, a lot of my videos are filmed within Morgan, Marion, and Monroe Counties. It's nice to have another Hoosier here, thanks for commenting!

I live in Marion!

Some states aren't good for finding clay, if you live in between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains things might be a touch different. There the clay is usually embedded in the bottom of the rivers and creeks, and still possible to find on riverbanks, just a little harder. My best advice, could give better if I knew what state you live in, but my best advice is to keep looking in areas that have more bedrock exposed and/or closer to the surface. Some states are not good for finding clay like this, historically the Mississippian culture and southwestern as well as southeastern tribes tribes used clay in large amounts because it was in great abundance, many other tribes traded for it because of its usefulness. So you might have to look around or go to another state, again depending on where you live. I know this isn't terribly helpful but it's the best I can do not knowing which state you live in. Thanks for asking and I hope this helps you a little bit Dalkson!

Trillium: Wild Edibles yeah I have notice that in deferent states it's harder I'm currently in Massachusetts and can't find much at all and what I do find isn't the best of clays. Back at my home in NC I could find it everywhere with the really good gray clay about a foot under the red clay

Usually by a steam or creek

Okay after a little digging I found something that should be really useful for you Dalkson. It is a detailed and sourced report on clay in Massachusetts, discussing what types of clay are found and where they are found. Apparently it is not a good state for high quality clay, but more rudimentary clay can be easily found there in some locations. Here is the report and website: watertowernyc.com/2011/05/29/clays-of-massachusetts/ I hope this will prove helpful for you and thanks for asking!

Oh yeah, you too?

I'm sure some person has before. Thankfully those nests are pretty easy to spot if one pays attention to the ground. Only time I've been stung by them I wasn't paying attention.

Could be, oak leaves are pretty tricky for me as there's so many of them.

his soft touching

Good question! A piece of tulip poplar or maple should work, there about as hard as a fingernail. Another good way would to be just grind up a small sample on another harder stone, like a quartz or granite or even limestone. Then add a bit of water to it and see how much like clay it is. Once you get the hang of it, you can easily identify clay by just eyesight and the fingernail test isn't needed. Hope this helps a bit and thanks for asking!

@@TrilliumWildEdibles absolutely

Oh yeah it's everywhere here where I live. You can't go ten feet in a creek bed without seeing some clay.

I mean you could but alcohol poisoning would probably happen about 4 minutes on, lol!

I'm not too sure what that means, isn't that something to do with eating clay because of a disease? Sorry for the question, I'm genuinely curious.

@@TrilliumWildEdibles Ooo it taste so good I eat the red clay dirt I love the brown and the grey clay is so good the white clay from Georgia is good too I ordery clay from kikroks.com

Indiana.

This way is much less labor intensive than digging up dirt. All you have to do is get the rock and grind into a powder. With dirt you have to sift sand sort out impurities.

No.

@@TrilliumWildEdibles in 3rd world countries, people do eat clay.

Yeah I didn't know that at the time I responded to this comment. I've since learned different.

@@TrilliumWildEdibles they believe it has minerals that are beneficial and they sometimes encourage pregnant woman to eat it for the minerals and to help with heartburn.

@@TrilliumWildEdibles Yrs u can people all over the world eats clay I've been eating clay for over 30 years

This is totally real clay, though to be waterproof after firing in a kiln it has to tempered and fired correctly, which I don't have the ability to fire it correctly yet as I have no kiln. If you are using mud you have to do a lot more separation of the dirt particles which will ruin its water resistance a lot, though it is still possible as the Mississippian culture used clay gathered from the soil to make their pots as did the Pueblo cultures of the southwest U.S. Waterproofing clay is a lot harder than it looks/sounds but is possible.

Lukas Pfitscher Hello Lukas, if the clay u found was earthenware or porcelain fired as earthenware, the clay won’t be fully vitrified, thus quite porous. In order for it to successfully hold water, glazing will be handy.

Just simply crush it in a mortar and pestle, then grind into a fine dust. If there are any rocks, pebbles, or other impurities they can be removed and separated from the clay after it's been ground. At that point you have clay ready to use. Just add some water and mix to the right consistency. If you plan on firing the item you make or plan to be turning the clay into a cooking implement then it's wise to add some temper. For a temper you can use finely ground mussel shells, sea shells, or previously tempered clay that has been ground up. Firing isn't always necessary but for items to be solid enough for cooking firing is a must. Hope this helps and thanks for asking MARK!

Oh wow that’s easy OK THX :)

No problem!

It most likely is clay and probably pretty good clay at that. The issue with clay from the wild, or the backyard, is it often contains impurities like sand and small pebbles. These need to be removed because they trap air around them and the clay. This leads to cracking and imperfections that can cause bigger problems when actually firing the clay. To remove these, dry all clay you have collected and break into small pieces, around 1 and a half inches or so. Then grind with mortar and pestle, during this you'll feel the grit but the clay will turn to very fine powder. Take sheer fabric and place over a wooden frame to make a screen and pour your ground material through it. The fine dust will pass through and your larger impurities will be left behind. Wear a mask while doing this if processing a lot of clay or you plan on doing it frequently as there can be silica particles which can damage the respiratory system over time. After you've collected all your dust just simply add water slowly to get a consistency like the clay you find in craft stores and start crafting! To keep clay moist during storage wrap in plastic. During drying your clay before firing it's important to dry it as slow as possible. Things like thin spots around rims, handles, edges are where the air gets in first. After that it finds a way into the rest of the piece causing the cracking you're seeing. To prevent that, wrap all thin spots with plastic while drying the pieces to allow air in from the thicker portions and to slow the process. Another possibility is the specific clay you have is prone to cracking and requires more attention than others you may have worked with before. If that's the case then it will take some effort to get the drying process down right. You might find some helpful information on this website: ceramicartsnetwork.org/daily/pottery-making-techniques/handbuilding-techniques/clay-drying-process-hints-drying-pottery-evenly/ Hope this helps some and my apologies for the long response but wanted to make sure you had info as best I could give it. Thanks for commenting!

@@TrilliumWildEdibles if only I can send pictures I will do so that you will see the actual image...

Well that doesn't sound like fun as I don't say that at all in this video. I can say that Holy fuck you got me good though, and holy fuck I watched this video just to see if I said holy fuck. So I guess now you need to take three shots, of everclear!