Pottery

Yesterday while working with pizza dough, i wondered if mixing dough into (wild) clay would help strengthen it. I've heard of people using water that starchy foods have been boiled in for clay, and of clay with hair mixed in, both to make it stay together better.

I'm sure this would make the clay smell pretty bad before it's fired, but just adding an acid like vinegar might help kill whatever bacteria would feed on the flour. That's what's done with starch water.

Has anyone tried this and does it help make wild clay easier to work? Would washed flour work better, so it's just gluten with less starch?

If nobody tells me it's a bad idea i probably will try it myself and get back to you all with results.