--- product_id: 406022840 title: "Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources" price: "394 Lei" currency: RON in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.ro/products/406022840-wild-clay-creating-ceramics-and-glazes-from-natural-and-found store_origin: RO region: Romania --- # Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources **Price:** 394 Lei **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources - **How much does it cost?** 394 Lei with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ro](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/406022840-wild-clay-creating-ceramics-and-glazes-from-natural-and-found) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The ultimate illustrated guide for sourcing, processing and using wild clay. Potters around the world are taking to the local landscape to dig their own wild clay, discover its unique properties, and apply it to their craft. This guide is the ideal starting point for anyone – from novices, improvers and experts to educators and students – who wants to forge a closer bond between their art and their surroundings. Testing and trial and error are key to finding a material's best use, so the authors' tips, drawn from long experience in the US and Japan (but which can be applied to clays anywhere) provide an enviable head-start on this rewarding journey. A clay might be best suited to sculpture and tile bodies, throwing clay bodies, handbuilding and slab bodies, or simply be applied as a glaze or slip. The specific properties of found materials can create a diverse range of effects and surfaces, or, even when not fired, can be adapted for use as colorful pastels or pigments. Beautiful illustrations and helpful technical descriptions explain the formation of various clays; how to locate, collect and assess them; how to test their properties of shrinkage, water absorption, texture and plasticity; the best ways to test-fire them; and how to adapt a clay's characteristics by blending appropriate materials. From prospecting in the field to holding your finished product, there is helpful advice through every stage, and a gallery of work by international potters who have embraced the clays found around them. Review: Raw Clay, and how to find it. - This book is amazing. It has all the knowledge of clay foraging, plus how to make your own clay from foraged ingredients. Not only that, but there are photos of how each formula of clay, and each kind of clay fires and that knowledge is instrumental in choosing a particular clay for a project. This book is a repository of knowledge that we human are going to need if one day civilization is destroyed and we have to rebuild. This is the kind of thing that keeps humanity alive and this should never be lost to the ages. Review: Gorgeous book with good technical detail! - Beautiful photos, just gorgeous! This is worthy as a coffee table book, but it is not short on details. It's totally engrossing, including fine examples of the work of skilled artisans from various locales who use found clay as well as advanced details about locating and preparing the natural material. The book made me want to collect some wild clay and create artful pieces that suit its inherent characteristics. I loved giving this as a heartfelt special gift -- and now I want a copy for my house. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #118,625 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #15 in Materials Science (Books) #22 in Ceramic Art #30 in Pottery & Ceramic Craft (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 179 Reviews | ## Images ![Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/91+03nU+HIL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Raw Clay, and how to find it. *by T***. on January 1, 2024* This book is amazing. It has all the knowledge of clay foraging, plus how to make your own clay from foraged ingredients. Not only that, but there are photos of how each formula of clay, and each kind of clay fires and that knowledge is instrumental in choosing a particular clay for a project. This book is a repository of knowledge that we human are going to need if one day civilization is destroyed and we have to rebuild. This is the kind of thing that keeps humanity alive and this should never be lost to the ages. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gorgeous book with good technical detail! *by T***E on December 12, 2023* Beautiful photos, just gorgeous! This is worthy as a coffee table book, but it is not short on details. It's totally engrossing, including fine examples of the work of skilled artisans from various locales who use found clay as well as advanced details about locating and preparing the natural material. The book made me want to collect some wild clay and create artful pieces that suit its inherent characteristics. I loved giving this as a heartfelt special gift -- and now I want a copy for my house. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Book *by E***L on April 10, 2026* Nice book with good pictures. Arrived well packaged. ## Frequently Bought Together - Wild Clay: Creating ceramics and glazes from natural and found resources - Alternative Kilns & Firing Techniques: Raku * Saggar * Pit * Barrel (A Lark Ceramics Book) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ro/products/406022840-wild-clay-creating-ceramics-and-glazes-from-natural-and-found](https://www.desertcart.ro/products/406022840-wild-clay-creating-ceramics-and-glazes-from-natural-and-found) --- *Product available on Desertcart Romania* *Store origin: RO* *Last updated: 2026-11-12*