Carolina Environmental Diversity Explorations
Clays of the Piedmont · By Dirk Frankenberg
Grinding clay
Figure 12. Machinery for grinding clay for pottery. (Photograph by the author. More about the photograph)
Figure 12 shows the belt-driven clay grinder, the shovel used to feed the clay into it, and the fine clay dust that coats everything around it. Clay grinding is an unavoidably dusty process but remains an essential part of the process of preparing clay for use.
