Exploring Local Materials for Pottery

In this year-long course, we will dig in (pun absolutely intended) to using all sorts of local materials for pottery. This is a huge topic with endless possibilities. Practically any rock or mineral where you live could be used in a clay body or glaze recipe. We will be testing materials in different ways to try and discover the best of them. How can we use what is around us? How can we tweak what we have to produce results we love?