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title: "Clay and Body"
url: https://springpottery.com/clay-and-body
description: "Essays filed under Clay and Body at Spring Pottery: What Makes a Clay Body Stoneware, The Marks on the Bottom of a Pot."
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# Clay and Body

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2 essays filed under Clay and Body.

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- [What Makes a Clay Body Stoneware](https://springpottery.com/what-makes-a-clay-body-stoneware)Clay and Body · About 4 minutesA clay body is a recipe, not a natural product dug out of the ground ready to use. Understanding the ingredients explains most of what a finished pot does.
- [The Marks on the Bottom of a Pot](https://springpottery.com/the-marks-on-the-bottom-of-a-pot)Clay and Body · About 4 minutesThe underside of a pot records more about how it was made than any other surface. Most of what is there is evidence rather than decoration.

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