#should this have surprised me? me who knows the difference between romney and merino? me who knows the difference between chiffon tussah

[rowenabean]

something that surprised me with clay is how different clay is from clay. I have literally only used midfire stoneware clays (think ordinary mug, not bone china just kinda a mug) and yet still my black clay is an absolute dream to throw (and a nightmare to clean up), the buff stoneware is slightly grainy and textured, not quite as satisfying but still lovely, and now I'm using a white clay which is SO fine that actually it just feels like mud, like there's no texture in there at all, compared to the white we used in my first class which felt like sandpaper...

so much variety so much to learn and play with!