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A 1220c melt test on the FCC indicates a earthenware clay type behaviour <br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2490565087699191481536522677223/IMG_5951.jpeg 3. Slurry is pumped into a hydraulic filter press where water is reclaimed and goes back into the wash process<br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2490565087717638225610232228839/IMG_5939.jpeg 1.  CDE waste arrives at the wash plant and is first mixed and crushed<br />   https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2490565087680744737462813125607/IMG_5325.jpeg 6. Combining the FCC with waste glass to produce a range of glazes composed of 100% waste<br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2490566585095194920835665554407/IMG_5944.jpeg 4. Recycled ‘Filter Cake Clay’ drops out of the filter press into a storage bay below, 20 tonnes at a time<br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2490573101942494536872350903271/IMG_5803.jpeg Waste silt from the cutting saws is pumped into a storage tank and through de rubble sacks in custom designed drying frames.<br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2490573101960941280946060454887/IMG_5990.jpeg After pressing into a plaster mould the sandstone silt is fired at 1220c. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2490573101905601048724931800039/IMG_5798.jpeg The silt de-waters in the yard - with Bingley Stone actively seeking applications for the material which is produced at the rate of around 2 tonnes per week.<br /> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2490590665567142461652892838887/waste-percentages-uk.png DEFRA, 2020 - Waste split by source https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/D2490591794286518843792937118695/Screenshot-2025-08-07-at-17.14.03.png https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2490598053266783053443800427495/IMG_6446.jpeg Adobe style tile using FCC and East Yorkshire hemp shiv. Further bound with recycled sodium sillicate. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2490598053248336309370090875879/IMG_6035.jpeg Detail of rammed earth surface using Mone Bros FCC and aggregates. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2490598053174549333075252669415/IMG_6454.jpeg Rammed earth and adobe (clay and firbre) style tiles.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2490604507136898401836076559335/IMG_5991.jpeg FCC, sodium alginate and coffee chaff. The chaff fibre helps stabilise the mixture making a lightweight mouldable cork like material.  https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2490604507063111425541238352871/IMG_5739.jpeg FCC and sodium alginate. A hard bio plastic - but high shrinkage and warping. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2490607682264275345018938911719/IMG_6910.jpeg FCC and recycled fine sand from Mone Bros. Bound with sodium silicate. FCC has been heat treated to increase availble metakaolin (this also brings out the red colour from iron oxide present in the FCC. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/H2490607682338062321313777118183/IMG_5992.jpeg FCC, wood ash and soidum silicate AAM https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/J2581170137064477983461819739111/IMG_7139-Edit-2.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2581171239091415690944142830567/A3---Diagram-print-test.jpg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2581190970245385764744418749415/Chris-Crawford-000-20-1.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/O2581191123537829017270792678375/Chris-Crawford-000-13-2.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/C2581191211122969879243743751143/Chris-Crawford-000-3.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2581191337280252599343367252967/Chris-Crawford-000-4-2.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2581192385700952028625733348327/Chris-Crawford-000-17-1.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Y2581192455429644627247838456807/Chris-Crawford-000-21-1.jpeg https://ccrawford.co.uk/material-response 2026-05-08T14:23:42+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2472995697558299951221648583655/IMG_4943.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2926916297617399939801991801831/IMG_0044.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2926916297728080404244249111527/IMG_9279.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2926916297654293427949410905063/IMG_0077.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/K2926916297801867380539087317991/IMG_9628.jpeg https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/F2927112032403204233407117061095/IMG_9279.jpeg Aggregate falling off the conveyor at the Mone Bros Wash Plant in North Leeds https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/P2927115611071554533060130565095/IMG_9417.jpeg Plasticity testing, pinch pots in a triaxial blend of FCC, Ball Clay and Masonary Waste. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Z2927118849545050625361593166823/IMG_0044.jpeg Triaxial Blends: Wood Ash, Residual Waste Glass, and FCC glazes (top left), FCC, Masonary Waste and Ball Clay (Centre) https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2927120184701939936385229581287/IMG_9628.jpeg Thirds Clay thrown into a small bowl, early signs of bloating when fired to cone 7. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/X2927121233749828664173720431591/IMG_9637.jpeg Student design sketches with extruded thirds clay tiles https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/N2927123129632397583746597317607/IMG_9766.jpeg Timber frame test panels for light earth and adobe infill mixes of ‘thirds’ clay and Yorkshire straw and hemp fibre. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/W2927126390979856327447903923175/IMG_0081.jpeg Surface finishes inlcuding a bio based flour and linseed oil white wash paint (top) https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/R2927128290053711971772533238759/IMG_9780.jpeg Extracting colour from Avocado stones https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2927129504550448296661992532967/IMG_9805.jpeg Dye bath natural colour on low fire tiles. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/Q2927130453266496007544232143847/IMG_9804.jpeg Flour and Linseed oil paints, coloured with onion skin and avocado extract dyes, on low fire tiles https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/S2927137691565956346361481194471/IMG_0042.jpeg Wood Ash, FCC and Residual Waste Glass glaze triaxial - further testing carried out by Will Rea https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/T2927138438659091331598321642471/IMG_0168.jpeg Thirds Glaze, Wood Ash, FCC and Residual Waste Glass - further testing by Will Rea. https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/G2927153890924752811804714265575/FCC-sandstone-ball-clay-heat-map.jpeg Mapping plasticity within our triaxial test https://ccrawford.co.uk/bio-cv 2026-05-08T14:02:26+00:00 always 0.5 https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/V2480660545398393267680751053799/SunkenStudio26266.jpg Image Credit: <a href="https://www.robcaddyphoto.com/" target="_blank">Rob Caddy</a> https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/A2480975201768448236485175864295/IMG_2150.jpeg Image Credit: <a href="https://www.robcaddyphoto.com/" target="_blank">Rob Caddy </a>