[Cob] Cob: Paper clay

[Amanda Peck]

Could you make it into an oven?  Given that (noted in the catalog) it can 
almost act like an armature, could the oven be shaped from slabs without 
mounding sand, for instance?  (of course it would not hold as much heat, 
which is at least part of the point.)
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Ed wrote (snipped)
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The web page you mentioned does not give  much information. If you really
want to try this, the patent disclosure  (below) is much more helpful.
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The paper-clay slip is formed by  blending the paper pulp into the clay slip
in an amount of from about 10% or 20%  to about 50% by volume. The higher 
the
cellulose content of the paper-clay slip,  the lighter and more porous the
fired product. A large percentage of cellulose  content in the paper-pulp 
slip
could raise the maturation temperature because of  the clays added to 
commercial
papers being recycled. The paper-clay slip is  continuously mixed with a
blunger and when the desired consistency of the pulp  mixture content is 
reached
the product is ready. The paper-clay product can now  be hand cast, cast in
plaster molds or poured out onto large plaster bats to  make slabs and tubes 
plus
shapes and forms, up to 4' thick if desired.