Ceramics: Art and Perception

Q&A: Mold Growth in Clay

Q: What are the green specks in my moist clay?

t some point almost every potter will experience mold growth in moist clay. Mold occurs when microscopic spores attach to clay or other transfer mediums either in the mining, storage, processing, mixing, or moist clay stages. Mold growth needs moisture on the clay surface, and in the immediate atmosphere – all conditions found in moist clay packaged in a plastic bag. Susceptibility to mold growth can also be

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