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Yixing clay is quite plastic when stiff but also high in coarse clay (that is, below 80 mesh or so, and could be over 50% by weight). I was told the clay I have has somewhere between 30% and 50% of 40/50 mesh clay. The coarse clay content makes it hard to throw, because there’s so much of it, the fine clay content must actually be really plastic to allow the clay to still be workable.
These are different Yixing clays processed to different mesh sizes, the examples are to show the differences in graininess of the different mesh sizes.
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