I’ve been binge watching your videos. I have actually found raw clay and made things like faces ( king tut) that kind of thing and mounted them to a a white board. Every one thought they were artifacts. I only dried them in the oven and they lasted for at least 10 years before I got sick of looking at them a through them away. I currently live in an apt building, I will try firing them up at my brother’s father of the summer. Thank you
Thanks for the video and personal story Andy. Did your Granddaddy teach you how to make moonshine also? It is a learnable skill similar to pottery making.
As a subscriber to the master class and participant of the ancient pottery club, I couldn't agree more. I beat my head against the wall with trial and error and was ready to quit. With Andy's generous sharing of knowledge I am making progress and having fun. The cost is tiny compared to the value of information. One thing he didn't mention was the value of connecting with other students who have a wealth of information and support. If you are really interested in getting into ancient pottery techniques, this is an amazing resource.
Andy! What a lovely video! The hike, your family story, the plants and scenery and of course, your advice, thank you so much again and again for sharing your passion so naturally and humbly🌿🕊✨🌼
You have an amazing channel and I'm shocked you haven't got more views on your videos, beacause they're extremely informative and profesionally done! Plus you are really easy to listen to! Keep up the amazing work 🙂
Think i would like to see is maybe a pipe being made... Winter is coming soon here in Canada... I recently bought a house and found their is grey clay all over... And I've done pottery in highschool and would like to try my hand at this primitive pottery now i have a fireplace... One thing i would like to try is an oil lamp and a pipe
Howdy Andy ! Another great video ! I too, in the early 60’s & 70’s, struggled to find helpful info, good clay, process it , make a simple jar & attempt to fire it -was demoralizing, Im glad you have stepped forward to share your wealth of information & sharing your unlimited love of this, almost lost prehistoric art , thanks for unraveling & unveiling & sharing these facets for us to move forward ! We love your channel, keep the good work !
Almost nobody was making replica pottery at that time. John Olsen started in the early 70s. Clint Swink started in the early 90s. Mike Hawley started in the 80s.
I really appreciate how you planned the video, timing the walk to the top ten list, showing off the landscape, teaching something helpful, while taking us somewhere personal. Do you have help filming this or are you doing all this work yourself?
Thank you, I put a lot of thought and planning into these videos so it’s nice when somebody notices. It is usually just me alone doing the filming, so a lot of setting the camera up then doing my thing then checking the results, doing it again, moving to a different spot, etc. It’s time consuming but enjoyable work.
I am guessing you are number eleven... More importantly to me though is your video creating skills. Your skill at this medium is far outside and beyond the average videographer. Style, story lines, thematic treatment... and just the editing results you achieve a school in and of themselves. I thank you for not only sharing information on purpose through your work at the bench and accidently behind the camera!
Hi Andy! I'm new to your channel and am loving the incredible content! Thank you. As a newbie to clay, I'm intrigued by your Ancient Potters Club. Would you recommend this for a beginner to clay and especially someone new to primitive pottery?
Hi. Thanks and thanks for joining my membership. Yes, the ancient potters club is a great way to learn for beginners because it gives you access to all 4 of my masterclasses and the Wednesday night Zoom class.
LOL, my Grandfather lived up in the mountains of WV and ran moonshine! When I was 4 yrs old my dad had to wade across the creek with me on his shoulders because it was raining and the creek was starting to swell. Grandpa thought we were Revenuers and fired a warning shot. That rainstorm washed the outhouse away. They lived on a log cabin, which when I was little, I thought it was huge. I went back up on the mountain in my early 20's to look at that cabin and it was tiny. Barely standing, but still there. I didn't grow up with my dad. So, I never really got to know them well. I discovered a family photo album full of Indians and Grandma told Grsndpa, "She has a right to know her family" when Grandpa got angry over even talking about those Indians and called them heathens. I believe my birth father was an adopted family member because when I asked him questions about family heritage, he couldn't/wouldn't answer. I'm enjoying your videos. I live in FL now along the Nature Coast. We have some clay this far north, but I'm thiking it has too much sand in it to use for pottery. The surface of our soil is brown. What they dug up putting the septic in is orange. What the fire ants dig up when they make their mounds is yellowish orange and there is some evidence of some bluish/greenish gray in some areas where I have my garden. Thats where the removed a lot of trees. A couple of inches down, you will see that the soil has retained moisture even when there has been no rain and the surface is bone dry and dusty. I might be able to dig some and seperate it in water and manage to wash it. And some areas where they are doing construction, there is orangish red soil. I'm going to keep my eyes peeled. I might find wild clay before its over with.
Nothing against SW pottery, But do you know anyone that does something similar to your APC for North Eastern Colonial pottery? Please dont get me wrong, I love your channel, but since I live in the NE that is were my true interest lies.
i have only been doing hand dug and outdoor firing pottery a short time. in the beginning of becoming interested in ancient pottery i took a hand building pottery course, but it wasn't of the ancient, start to finish technique. it was a big disappointment and i never did finish the course. it cost me $275. big loss. the course never instructed any of the fundamentals to build stuff that i was interested in and there was no technical information on clay or firing. so be careful and ask lots of questions before signing up for pottery classes, make sure they are going in the direction that you want to go. Andy's courses were rite for me. i really like all the content that Andy has given us. i refer back to his courses and videos all the time to keep me on track. keep up the good work Andy. tom
You're my expert! I don't know one living soul who does what you do!
Check the dooblidoo, other “experts” are listed.
Thanks for sharing your grandfather's cabin. you are lucky to have those family stories and connections.
You are welcome, it is a very special place to me.
I’ve been binge watching your videos. I have actually found raw clay and made things like faces ( king tut) that kind of thing and mounted them to a a white board. Every one thought they were artifacts. I only dried them in the oven and they lasted for at least 10 years before I got sick of looking at them a through them away. I currently live in an apt building, I will try firing them up at my brother’s father of the summer. Thank you
Awesome, thanks
I almost believe you were thinking of me when you decided to make this video. Lol 😆 I sure do appreciate you sir! God bless!
I was thinking of you, surprise! Thanks for the encouragement, just for that I’ll make another video next Wednesday.
Thanks for the video and personal story Andy. Did your Granddaddy teach you how to make moonshine also? It is a learnable skill similar to pottery making.
No, by the time I was a kid my grandpa was an old man and his moonshining days were far behind him. Although he did teach me many other things.
What a great family heritage! Thank you for sharing it with us.
You are welcome. Thanks for watching.
As a subscriber to the master class and participant of the ancient pottery club, I couldn't agree more. I beat my head against the wall with trial and error and was ready to quit. With Andy's generous sharing of knowledge I am making progress and having fun. The cost is tiny compared to the value of information. One thing he didn't mention was the value of connecting with other students who have a wealth of information and support. If you are really interested in getting into ancient pottery techniques, this is an amazing resource.
Thanks a ton Wes. I am glad you are getting something out of my content.
Andy! What a lovely video! The hike, your family story, the plants and scenery and of course, your advice, thank you so much again and again for sharing your passion so naturally and humbly🌿🕊✨🌼
Thank you for the encouragement. Comments like this keep me making videos, thanks for watching.
Looking forward to the book
Thank you. It’s a big task, like eating an elephant.
You have an amazing channel and I'm shocked you haven't got more views on your videos, beacause they're extremely informative and profesionally done! Plus you are really easy to listen to!
Keep up the amazing work 🙂
Wow, thank you! I'm working hard to get more subs, help me out by sharing my content. Thanks.
Think i would like to see is maybe a pipe being made... Winter is coming soon here in Canada... I recently bought a house and found their is grey clay all over... And I've done pottery in highschool and would like to try my hand at this primitive pottery now i have a fireplace... One thing i would like to try is an oil lamp and a pipe
I have an oil lamp video but not a pipe since I don't smoke
@@AncientPottery i have seen that one... Its also a project i would like to try
Howdy Andy ! Another great video ! I too, in the early 60’s & 70’s, struggled to find helpful info, good clay, process it , make a simple jar & attempt to fire it -was demoralizing, Im glad you have stepped forward to share your wealth of information & sharing your unlimited love of this, almost lost prehistoric art , thanks for unraveling & unveiling & sharing these facets for us to move forward ! We love your channel, keep the good work !
Almost nobody was making replica pottery at that time. John Olsen started in the early 70s. Clint Swink started in the early 90s. Mike Hawley started in the 80s.
Wonderful video, I learn so much from all of them
Thanks, I’m glad.
Excellent, informative video and I love how you did it while doing a trip from Kentucky Camp to your Grandfathers cabin. Awesome way to do it!
Thank you Amanda, just putting out information is one thing, making it entertaining is another thing entirely. Glad you liked it.
THANKS Andy, spot on and I am woring on each of YOUR idea's. Keep it up. Like the cabin we have same. In our families historical idaho.
You are welcome Rob.
Thank you, I like that cabin, also. I’ve done trial and error, learned from my Tewa neighbors, and then more trial and error, also known as practice.
Nothing like having Tewa neighbors to help you out.
Good job and I found you your doing amazing
Thank you so much.
I really appreciate how you planned the video, timing the walk to the top ten list, showing off the landscape, teaching something helpful, while taking us somewhere personal. Do you have help filming this or are you doing all this work yourself?
Thank you, I put a lot of thought and planning into these videos so it’s nice when somebody notices. It is usually just me alone doing the filming, so a lot of setting the camera up then doing my thing then checking the results, doing it again, moving to a different spot, etc. It’s time consuming but enjoyable work.
@@AncientPottery Wow! Thanks for doing that for us :) It definitely translates into a unique feel that makes your videos very cozy.
I am guessing you are number eleven... More importantly to me though is your video creating skills. Your skill at this medium is far outside and beyond the average videographer. Style, story lines, thematic treatment... and just the editing results you achieve a school in and of themselves. I thank you for not only sharing information on purpose through your work at the bench and accidently behind the camera!
Thank you, I am learning as I go, glad you like it.
Have you ever thought about making your own kick wheel, maybe throwing some earthware with it those amazing clay varieties you find?!
Not a bad idea, but wheel thrown pottery is not my thing.
@@AncientPottery is it even posible with the coarseness of the clay needed for outdoor firing?
@@jaimecolley1345 yes, you can use less abrasive temper, like volcanic ash or diatomaceous earth.
Hi Andy! I'm new to your channel and am loving the incredible content! Thank you. As a newbie to clay, I'm intrigued by your Ancient Potters Club. Would you recommend this for a beginner to clay and especially someone new to primitive pottery?
Hi. Thanks and thanks for joining my membership. Yes, the ancient potters club is a great way to learn for beginners because it gives you access to all 4 of my masterclasses and the Wednesday night Zoom class.
@@AncientPottery Wonderful! What time is the Wednesday zoom class?
@@milamilamila9947 5:00 Pacific, 6:00 Mountain, 7:00 Central, 8:00 Eastern
@@AncientPottery Thanks, Andy.
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LOL, my Grandfather lived up in the mountains of WV and ran moonshine! When I was 4 yrs old my dad had to wade across the creek with me on his shoulders because it was raining and the creek was starting to swell.
Grandpa thought we were Revenuers and fired a warning shot. That rainstorm washed the outhouse away.
They lived on a log cabin, which when I was little, I thought it was huge. I went back up on the mountain in my early 20's to look at that cabin and it was tiny. Barely standing, but still there.
I didn't grow up with my dad. So, I never really got to know them well. I discovered a family photo album full of Indians and Grandma told Grsndpa, "She has a right to know her family" when Grandpa got angry over even talking about those Indians and called them heathens. I believe my birth father was an adopted family member because when I asked him questions about family heritage, he couldn't/wouldn't answer.
I'm enjoying your videos. I live in FL now along the Nature Coast. We have some clay this far north, but I'm thiking it has too much sand in it to use for pottery.
The surface of our soil is brown. What they dug up putting the septic in is orange. What the fire ants dig up when they make their mounds is yellowish orange and there is some evidence of some bluish/greenish gray in some areas where I have my garden. Thats where the removed a lot of trees.
A couple of inches down, you will see that the soil has retained moisture even when there has been no rain and the surface is bone dry and dusty.
I might be able to dig some and seperate it in water and manage to wash it.
And some areas where they are doing construction, there is orangish red soil.
I'm going to keep my eyes peeled. I might find wild clay before its over with.
Great family stories. No doubt that stuff in your area could be cleaned up and used, try it.
@@AncientPottery I'm going to.
Rest well, grandpa.
Nothing against SW pottery, But do you know anyone that does something similar to your APC for North Eastern Colonial pottery? Please dont get me wrong, I love your channel, but since I live in the NE that is were my true interest lies.
I totally understand. I do not know anybody doing that but would be glad to know if someone was.
Making new to fire.
Would you be willing to take on a young apprentice for a summer? 🥤😎🍉⛱️🌈
No sorry. I have a very busy schedule. And actually spend more time shooting and editing videos than I do making pottery.
@@AncientPotterydo you ever do summer camps?
i have only been doing hand dug and outdoor firing pottery a short time. in the beginning of becoming interested in ancient pottery i took a hand building pottery course, but it wasn't of the ancient, start to finish technique. it was a big disappointment and i never did finish the course. it cost me $275. big loss. the course never instructed any of the fundamentals to build stuff that i was interested in and there was no technical information on clay or firing.
so be careful and ask lots of questions before signing up for pottery classes, make sure they are going in the direction that you want to go. Andy's courses were rite for me.
i really like all the content that Andy has given us. i refer back to his courses and videos all the time to keep me on track.
keep up the good work Andy.
tom
Thanks for that endorsement Tom! Glad to hear that you are finding my content useful.