Takai Dirt.

The top picture is just some reclaim that I'm in the process of Reclaiming. I save all my trimmings and slip from when I throw, I know that must sound crazy to most westerners, but its a must. I've found the fastest and maybe the easiest way to reclaim your trimmings without a pug or mixer, that is doing it by hand, is to throw your trimmings in a plastic bag along with all the slip you get from throwing ( I save my slip in a separate bowl from my water, or drip pan, I'm pretty strict about keeping my hands free of slip when I throw, it was the way I was taught), by the next day its fairly soft and ready to slap down on the plaster bat for wedging.

If you're wondering why I go though all that trouble, in the bottom picture, that ball of clay sitting next to that vase will run you about 2o skins, it's 2 kilos, I don't know what that is in pounds but it ain't much, about the size of a grapefruit, Florida grapefruit if you want to be more precise. Yellow, not pink.