Air dry clay can last indefinitely if stored properly in an airtight container to prevent it from drying out. However, once it dries out completely, it becomes unusable and cannot be rehydrated.
Yes, but if you want to glaze the clay you have to fire it at a low before you glaze it so it is hard - ish.
A pound of wet clay is the same size as a baseball. As the clay dries it becomes lighter.
Clay has a very fine grain, so as soil erodes it becomes more like clay.
niether, it becomes humus
He was originally named Cassius Clay.
No, baked clay can't be recycled because it becomes very hard when baked, and it is very brittle to recycle it after.
Most of the time, it's still called Clay. After it dries, it is/they are clay bricks.
usally they melt if not it becomes hot when you heat glass you can mold like clay and when you cool it down it becomes a solid
Clay which has been heated in a kiln becomes poetry I believe.
Clay can be melted by heat, but the process of doing so typically requires temperatures that are much higher than what can be achieved with a red hot wire. Additionally, the process of melting clay can cause it to lose structural integrity and become unusable for pottery. Therefore, it is unlikely that you will be able to put designs on a clay pot using a red hot wire without wetting it again.
Yes, if you fire it (cook it in a kiln) to the point where it is "vitrified," at which point it essentially becomes another substance. In the process, the water is driven out, the clay particles become dense, and the piece becomes waterproof. Fired clay pots and sculptures (or, at least, fragments of them) have lasted for thousands of years.
A pinch pot is a small clay pot, made by starting with a ball of clay and pressing a hole on it, then pinching the sides until it becomes a pot.