mud
some potters call their clay mud/and themselves mudslingers/the way servers are hashslingers/and firearm duellists are gunslingers/and let’s digress jauntily a bit more and have some fun and call the rumored slayer of goliath a slingslinger
but back to clay also known as mud
there is low-fire clay also known as earthenware/suitable for fire pits but not conventional kilns/unless a freeze-dried puddle instead of a vessel is desired
there is high-fire clay also known as stoneware/that can take a max temp of 2361° F or so,/also known as cone 10
and there is a lot of mud in between
some like porcelain is slick and buttery
some like soldate 60 has some grit
the color range is from chalk white to charcoal black/with red tan and brown also common/and reds and blacks often make for a messy cleanup
according to seven clues to the origins of life without clay we would not exist
and so i say
i am one with clay
was am and will be/nigh unto eternity
One with Clay, Image and Text 
I’m so envious of how you are able to do these. I’m having such a hard time getting any height out of what I do on the wheel.
Davida, fun fact: it took me about 500 tries to raise a decent cylinder. If you are willing to video-record yourself doing an attempt, I might be able to tell you one or two things that might help. How about it?
Hm… sounds like a good idea… But it might not be so easy to pull off, as my teacher has to focus on so many things at the same time. We’ll see.