Glamis Road Allotment footring

Glamis Road Allotment clay plate making

Glamis Road Allotment clay drying

At last this clay is dry enough to be wedged up.

Glamis Road Allotment clay drying

With the wet weather and the amount of clay drying I have been doing, these plaster bats are pretty wet, so the clay is rolled up and slopped out onto another plaster bat.

Bird crashes into slip!

A bird crashed into my shed window and ended up falling in this Glamis Road Allotment clay slip. The poor thing was nowhere to be found so I assume it picked itself up and staggered off...

Glamis Road allotment clay preparation

Allotment clay preparation

Given the deadline approach, I decided to take the clay from the allotment and slake down while it was still wet. It helped that the clay content wasn't high and there was lots of sand in it. So here my daughter and I throw little pieces of clay into lots of water and use a plaster mixer on a drill to agitate it vigorously. 

Glamis Road Allotment, Kirkcaldy

We were keen to get some clay from an allotment, because allotments represent many things positive about contemporary food culture. We were also keen to get some clay from Kirkcaldy, because of the potteries that used to exist here. We got permission to come to the new Glamis Road Allotment and met the tenants of Plot 3 and Plot 12 who allowed us to dig deep holes in their soil and take away a bucket of clay.