Would pottery clay be a good material for making a pipe?
Hi: I’m sure it would, and I think I’ve even seen pipes made before of various clays. Clay is an incredibly versatile media, and so many articles are made from it. You could probably just make a hand build one – depending on the shape, you could make the bowl part from a pinch pot, then you use a drinking straw to form a tube over – and let that get to a leather hard stage, and then attach the tube to the bowl. If you don’t have much experience, you might look into some good ceramic book references to get ideas for construction. Not that you probably should be smoking anything, but you might have a lot of fun trying to make something that would work, and might find that you like ceramics really well. If you want some inspiration for ceramics, check out the Ceramics Monthly and Clay Times periodicals, and there is a wonderful local ceramics studio in KCMO that Stephen and Susan Hill own and operate. It is a great facility, and they have classes, and in addition to a high fire kiln, they
