Idk why this didnt post here but original post on my page I guess.

 Anyway I was utilizing the oppertunity of having two diffrent color dirts to try and do a mashed up speckled look but combining the two before the compressing/rolling process. It worked out pretty securely and set up for a good success. The trick was figuring out out to do the rest of it without covering all the work with a shell that would have deleted all the setup. 

While rolling periodically I would take a damp rag and just kind of polish the surface and wipe away the top layer so as to expose the pattern underneath. With a vaired success it started to show more and more but during rolling a pretty big crack appeared and I said screw it, gunna roll with it (sorry for pun) I gently broke it open and decided there was only one way to put it back together. Another japanese method of kintsugi. 

By taking the lighter of the two dirty i with i had a gold one that would have been epic! I created a very fine emulsion and stuck the two back together. 

It was a mild success but I'm pretty happy with it and hope to inspire another to maybe give it a go.  Photos are in order 

Went off the rails but brought it back pretty successfully combining two diffrent Japanese cultures.