Thank's for your interesting videos! You make my day with all your videos! I have burnt pots with a bucket over the pots like you showed. With wood on the outside of the bucket. Like Maria & Julian Martines. I think it's a very good metod when you want very black or gunmetal finish.
I've seen a lot of videos online around the four corners area where they're calling what look like granaries except they're covered with soot on the roof. At first I thought that maybe they used fire to clean out all the Rodents and any kind of containments to store the food. Perhaps some of these small nooks and crannies were for firing pottery like a kiln.
At some of the ancient sites where Im from, there are burn pits in the sand at the base of clifflines. Pottery shards from red slip pots are ubiquitous. Its known that the ancient people were master potters, but not much is known today.
I missed the live, going to watch it now and then edit my comment... LOL! This is great stuff here! We really enjoyed the overall show,... no favorite parts today,.. all good, Sir!
We are getting prepared and anticipating such an honorable event,.. we are working on our live stream etiquette, and are almost ready, but definitely a yes.@@AncientPottery
hi andy, you mention that you wouldnt want pottery to be heated above 1100 degrees (im guessing thats celsius? I believe if that were Fahrenheit it would only be about 500 celsius which sounds quite low to me). I was under the impression that to make stoneware youd need about 1300 degrees celsius. Would this require a substantially different clay to prevent the pot ‘melting’?
Yes Celsius. Most natural clays cannot withstand temps above 1000 C and if you did have a clay that could withstand that you would probably want a longer firing to make sure you burn all the carbon out first which would be hard in an open fire. So high temperature firings are better carried out in a proper kiln.
@@AncientPottery I watched a documentary on Africans firing pottery with tall grasses 50 years ago. They were stacking the grass in bundles vertically against elevated pots and immediately sweeping it away and replacing it with new bundles. Not letting the charred remains stay against the hot pots.
Not actually a helpful comment. It would be more useful to me if you said it was over modulating or muffled or you could hear vibrations from my desk or whatever. Chances are the problem was with the way the mike was positioned or adjusted.
Always good information. Thank you.
Thanks Wes.
Thank's for your interesting videos! You make my day with all your videos! I have burnt pots with a bucket over the pots like you showed. With wood on the outside of the bucket. Like Maria & Julian Martines. I think it's a very good metod when you want very black or gunmetal finish.
I've seen a lot of videos online around the four corners area where they're calling what look like granaries except they're covered with soot on the roof. At first I thought that maybe they used fire to clean out all the Rodents and any kind of containments to store the food. Perhaps some of these small nooks and crannies were for firing pottery like a kiln.
Could be. Most of the granaries I have seen are built up in caves which seems like a hard place to fire pottery
At some of the ancient sites where Im from, there are burn pits in the sand at the base of clifflines.
Pottery shards from red slip pots are ubiquitous. Its known that the ancient people were master potters, but not much is known today.
That sounds cool.
J Scott Wood 1987 Southwest Pottery Checklist, AAS.
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Oh darn! Love your channel. Thank u.
You are so welcome!
I missed the live, going to watch it now and then edit my comment... LOL! This is great stuff here! We really enjoyed the overall show,... no favorite parts today,.. all good, Sir!
Thanks, glad you liked it. These are always difficult. Let me know if you guys might want to do a livestream together some time.
We are getting prepared and anticipating such an honorable event,.. we are working on our live stream etiquette, and are almost ready, but definitely a yes.@@AncientPottery
Sounds Awesome
Thanks
hi andy, you mention that you wouldnt want pottery to be heated above 1100 degrees (im guessing thats celsius? I believe if that were Fahrenheit it would only be about 500 celsius which sounds quite low to me). I was under the impression that to make stoneware youd need about 1300 degrees celsius. Would this require a substantially different clay to prevent the pot ‘melting’?
Yes Celsius. Most natural clays cannot withstand temps above 1000 C and if you did have a clay that could withstand that you would probably want a longer firing to make sure you burn all the carbon out first which would be hard in an open fire. So high temperature firings are better carried out in a proper kiln.
OOOooo, missed it.
Fire? My favourite subject.
Probably everyones
When will the next livestream be?
Some time in early February, I haven't scheduled it yet. I usually have them on Sunday.
Thank you for letting me know.
Have you ever made a video about the ruin on your property?
Yes but they never did well so not sure I will do another, here is one ua-cam.com/video/jcCKNiAf3ZQ/v-deo.htmlsi=LAG1NWghh189xDPw
Thank you!
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Oh darn. I missed this live.:/
Next time
In grass firings, you need to elevate the pot so that the burned grass falls away from the pot.
Do you have some experience with grass firings then?
@@AncientPottery I watched a documentary on Africans firing pottery with tall grasses 50 years ago.
They were stacking the grass in bundles vertically against elevated pots and immediately sweeping it away and replacing it with new bundles. Not letting the charred remains stay against the hot pots.
Fire pottery with thermite.
Buy a better mic
Not actually a helpful comment. It would be more useful to me if you said it was over modulating or muffled or you could hear vibrations from my desk or whatever. Chances are the problem was with the way the mike was positioned or adjusted.