Woah! throwing on a slow wheel: that is a challenge! I would have rather coiled it - Early and High medieval pots were mostly coiled on a slow wheel, as shown by the coils on the inside, at least in much of continental Europe. They also did not use a wire, but had a kind of a stamp on the wheel which helped to maintain the pot from moving, as the clay was not so damp when they coiled.
It's a conjectural replica of a Vindolanda find, there will be a full video later. The next stage is to add a heavy flywheel to turn it from a hand wheel into a momentum wheel. But hand wheels are very collon in Croatia and neighbouring countries, as seen in this video from Richard Carlton's channel, It's a subsistence craft therefore they generally won't use two people to do a job if one will suffice. Children will sometimes be employed to turn the wheel but rarely. ua-cam.com/video/_ILw8nPSop8/v-deo.htmlsi=sY0lHSAwOzhtqrSb
Now that's a difficult question and it really depends what I'm doing. We buy in many commercial clays that we then mix together to achieve results close to the original pieces, but we also dig natural clays for Prehistoric pieces. So I really can't give a definitive answer to that one.
Looks like very hard work to keep it spinning. Could there have been stone weights added to increase inertia? I assume this is a reproduction of something found at Vindolanda. Would this be towards the end of the Roman period? Or even later?
Yes a conjectural replica of a Vindolanda find, there will be a full video later. The next stage is to add a heavy flywheel to turn it from a hand wheel into a momentum wheel. But hand wheels are very collon in Croatia and neighbouring countries, as seen in this video from Richard Carlton's channel ua-cam.com/video/_ILw8nPSop8/v-deo.htmlsi=sY0lHSAwOzhtqrSb
Thanks. I'll check the link out. Can't wait for the next video where the flywheel is attached.
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Woah! throwing on a slow wheel: that is a challenge! I would have rather coiled it - Early and High medieval pots were mostly coiled on a slow wheel, as shown by the coils on the inside, at least in much of continental Europe. They also did not use a wire, but had a kind of a stamp on the wheel which helped to maintain the pot from moving, as the clay was not so damp when they coiled.
They would need an assistant to spin the wheel.
It's a conjectural replica of a Vindolanda find, there will be a full video later. The next stage is to add a heavy flywheel to turn it from a hand wheel into a momentum wheel. But hand wheels are very collon in Croatia and neighbouring countries, as seen in this video from Richard Carlton's channel, It's a subsistence craft therefore they generally won't use two people to do a job if one will suffice. Children will sometimes be employed to turn the wheel but rarely. ua-cam.com/video/_ILw8nPSop8/v-deo.htmlsi=sY0lHSAwOzhtqrSb
Very good work,,love your videos,,what is your favorite clay?
Now that's a difficult question and it really depends what I'm doing. We buy in many commercial clays that we then mix together to achieve results close to the original pieces, but we also dig natural clays for Prehistoric pieces. So I really can't give a definitive answer to that one.
Looks like very hard work to keep it spinning. Could there have been stone weights added to increase inertia?
I assume this is a reproduction of something found at Vindolanda. Would this be towards the end of the Roman period? Or even later?
Yes a conjectural replica of a Vindolanda find, there will be a full video later. The next stage is to add a heavy flywheel to turn it from a hand wheel into a momentum wheel. But hand wheels are very collon in Croatia and neighbouring countries, as seen in this video from Richard Carlton's channel ua-cam.com/video/_ILw8nPSop8/v-deo.htmlsi=sY0lHSAwOzhtqrSb
@@PottedHistory A bit dark the film. But it looked like they were adding clay inside (sort of coiling) rather than throwing the pot.
Did you grease the axle?