COST OF LIVING OVERVIEW : Our cost of living indices are based on a US average of 100. An amount below 100 means Springfield, Illinois is cheaper than the US average. A cost of living index above 100 means Springfield, Illinois is more expensive. Springfield, Illinois cost of living is 83.30. Housing is the biggest factor in the cost of living difference.
Terra-cotta pots are porous, meaning liquids and small particles travel through the material when it is wet. Water traveling through the pot carries with it salts and minerals from the soil within, leaving white, chalky areas on the outside of the pot.
Garry Childs Pottery. Garry Childs Pottery. All of my pots are formed on a potter's wheel from Terra Cotta clay. The decorative work is done by applying one or more glazes onto the pots after the clay has stiffened up enough to handle, a condition potters call leather hard. I sometimes add additional colors by spraying or brushing pigments over the glaze.