[Cob] dirt ball treats-Looking to buy small ammounts of Clay

[Dirtcheapbuilder-Charmaine]

yellow pages will have" pottery supply"  houses-- most are owned by 
artists, so look under that section-

  get a 50 pound box of pure pottery clay for about $12- $20 .  many 
colors are avail... but mostly  soft grey.

the others told you about a road cut. etc.     if you have a STREAM 
nearby, dig down a foot by the edge of the stream and you will find 
clay-- anywhere there is running water is clay ( that's what holds the 
water in the stream/river, otherwise it would just sink into the earth 
as in a rainstorm).

Plants that indicate clay are  Skunk Cabbage, Horsetail and  Buttercups 
( sometiemes)

good luck

I have a recipe for clay and dry coffee grounds to make a " surprize 
dirt ball" you put a favor or trinket inside so the person can break 
open the ball for the toy ( it's for kids but adults love a treasure 
too!)  email me back for the recipe.

many blessings as you enter this new stage of life...

Charmaine


On Jul 6, 2007, at 5:39 AM, Owen Morgan - cobbuildersforum.com wrote:

Howdy,

My Fiance and I are getting married in just over two weeks and we want 
to do some small Cob balls as wedding favors. The problem is we're 
having a hard time finding clay to use to mix them up with. We can't 
dig up our yard (according to my fiance although I think we probably 
could, even make it look better) so we are trying to find a source 
suitable. She looked at Lowe's and couldn't find it, even talked to a 
knowledgeable person who actually knew what cob was said they didn't 
have anything for it. I was curious if anyone had any ideas of where to 
get it from and what type of clay we should be looking for?

Thanks,
Owen - http://www.cobbuildersforum.com

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