Going potty at Elphin
Sharon | September 7, 2011Brenda’s here again -
We were mobbed out with potters today at Elphin village hall where everyone had a great time getting mucky and smelly with the clay we had dug earlier last week. We’ll have to wait until the firing on the 24th Sept at Chicken Day to see if they’ll hold together. I think perhaps the clay needs a bit more work to get it into a form that is usable so I’ll slake it and seive it and add things to it so that we can perhaps give it another try next year. Using modern clay, the group showed lots of skill and imagination in turning out creations that would have possibly been used in the neolithic age – who’s to say?
Thanks to the Elphin folk for the hospitality and use of their Hall. It’s great to see even more people engaging with this archaeological project and thinking about the people who lived and worked in this area so long ago.
Kay and Stuart from Elphin have sent these kind words:
