Aotearoa Daily Kōrero 10/10/2023 (lemmy.nz)

submitted 1 year ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Welcome to today’s daily kōrero!

Anyone can make the thread, first in first served. If you are here on a day and there’s no daily thread, feel free to create it!

Anyway, it’s just a chance to talk about your day, what you have planned, what you have done, etc.

So, how’s it going?

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[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Probably actually was clay! Reminds me of when I was a kid and "Slime" was being sold in shops and we didn't have any but we got actual slime from this pond and wanted to sell it (not sure who to either, but mum said no).

Your 6 year old sounds super creative.

[-] Dave@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

It may have been actual clay! I only have loose memories but it was this grex colour and definitely had clay-like qualities. Pretty squishy and hard to form into something, but it was probably clay in some form.

[-] liv@lemmy.nz 2 points 1 year ago

Probably squishy because of the river?

Clay's malleability depends on its water content. If a ceramicist wanted to use your river clay they'd probably add more water so they could strain out impurities (sticks etc) then leave it to dry until it got to the right consistency.