Day 4. Completion of Processing the Clay 第四天 在澳洲班達農信託駐村：完成處理陶土的過程

Wen-Hsi cutting an old Taiwanese mosquito net to use as our DIY mesh to filter the clay to remove debris and most of the sand.

文曦切割臺灣的舊蚊帳,製作網子用來過濾陶土，希望可以過濾多餘的碎屑和沙子。

Two colour variations of clay and our mesh all set up and ready to go.

兩種顏色的陶土以及我們D.I.Y的網子。

一切準備就緒。

Martin pouring the mixed clay with water through the mesh.

馬丁把陶土倒入網子進行過濾。

Martin continuing to mix the clay with water by hand to continue pouring it through the mesh. We were also using our hands to help push the clay through the mesh.

馬丁用手攪拌陶土，繼續進行過濾的過程。

我們也用手幫忙推擠陶土穿過網子。

Continuing to squeeze the clay through the mesh.

繼續擠壓陶土穿過網子。

PVA Glue, Picture Varnish, pins and masking tape brought yesterday from the local art shop. 

The pva glue will be mixed in with the light coloured clay to contain the remaining sand.The picture varnish will be sprayed on top of the pictures to also help contain the clay and stop it from flaking off the surface of the paper.

昨天我們從當地美術用品店買到的膠水，圖片漆，圖釘和紙膠帶。
我們打算結合膠水與顏色比較淺的陶土（內含沙子），一起使用。
最後，我們將會噴上圖片漆來防止陶土從紙張上掉落。

The first test of light coloured clay mixed in with the PVA Glue.

我們進行測驗，將顏色比較淺的陶土和膠水混合在一起。

The second test of the darker coloured clay, no PVA Glue has been added as this contains no sand.

對於顏色必較深的陶土，因內不含沙子，故我們認為不需要與膠水結合使用。

Saturday 18th November 2017

星期六 2017年11月18日

This morning we finished processing the clay, it has been a long process but every step was important. Originally we hoped to be able to remove all sand from the clay but this has not been possible for the lighter coloured clay. We managed to remove most of it from the lighter coloured clay and from the test we have done it has produced a good enough result. We also mixed in some PVA Glue into this light coloured clay to contain the sand, so it has managed to stick to the paper without flaking off too much. 

今天早上我們終於完成處裡陶土過濾的過程，每一個步驟對我們來說都很重要且費時。

最初，我們希望可以過濾掉存留在陶土中的沙子，但在進行反覆的過濾過程中，發現這是不可能發生的，尤其是顏色比較淺的陶土。在每一次過濾的過程中減少一些沙子, 經過無數次的過濾，終於有了比較細緻的陶土，可以供給我們來做繪畫創作。

我們也將膠水混合淺色的陶土，這樣陶土就可以黏著在紙張表面，並且防止陶土脫落。

The darker coloured clay is just right as we managed to remove all of the sand, we think this was because there was less in there, to begin with. Therefore we have not added any PVA Glue to this.

關於深顏色的陶土，再經過反覆的過濾之後，我們終於把大部分的沙子都去除掉，

也許是因為一開始就沒有挖到很多深顏色的陶土，所以我們也決定不需要加入膠水。

If we are going to go through this process again in the future of digging our own clay and sieving it, it would be better to have a finer sieve.

我們在想,也許以後如果我們有更精細的篩子，也許會得到更精細的陶土。

We have also started making some drawings with these two clay colour variations and we will try to upload some images for tomorrow's blog post. 

我們也開始用兩種顏色的陶土進行繪畫，明天我們將會分享這方面的進度。

If you have any thoughts or feedback, please feel free to leave a message.

如果您若有任何想法或是任何點子，都歡迎留言給我們。

Thank you very much.

非常感謝您。

The Bundanon Trust 2017 Residencies
澳洲班達農信託 2017年駐村名單
https://bundanon.com.au/residencies/2017-residencies/

You can also find this project on Social Media such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, the Hashtag is: 

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歡迎在臉書, 推特, IG 追蹤我們的計畫 
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