Good job Will, you are really getting reduction figured out. How important do you think it is to have a pit and what function does it have? Also, what do you think the optimum time is for covering your pots? Do you pull away most of the charcoal and ashes or do you cover everything as it is? Good stuff, congrats. I haven't had the chance to test it yet but one of my viewers suggested that mixing the hematite with kaolin will reduce or eliminate fugitive paint. Keep it up.
Thanks! I've been pretty committed to figuring this stuff out. My dream pot I want to replicate requires reduction. Just happy for some consistent results lately. The pit is super important, At least I believe it is. It' helps immensely when you have to bury your pots in the smothering process. Too deep a pit though causes (in my tests) carbon issues, and if combined with cover sherds dark gray pots, haha! I just bury it straight up. Oh that's interesting about kaolin, thanks for sharing that!
@@willorocks The pit firing folks up north say you want the pit only deep enough that the bottoms (or tops) of the pots are at or just below ground level. The reason being as you are learning, that you need to oxidize out that carbon. Kaolin is just a kind of clay, mixing clay with minerals for mineral paint is common knowledge Wes, I don't see how this is any different than what I have been teaching.
Howdy Will , that damp sand was scary - I was holdin my breath & crossin my fingers for ya, & Yay! Yu pulled it off ! I didn’t see yu pull yur little disc / medallion out ?! Did yu leevit behind ?! Great video !
Uh oh.... you know what, I don't think I did recover that whorl! haha! Yikes! Thanks! I Was really happy things turned out. It didn't look good at first. Thanks again!
Thanks so much! It's been an exciting and fun challenge trying to get this stuff dialed down right. And the designs are just so much fun to paint too. Hope to hear some success with your firings on reduction!
Sweet experiment Wil, also enjoy watching and learning. Wow they turned out amazing, great job, very awesome paint job, artistic! Love the black! Great video my friend!
these scoops and jar turned out sooo cute. I used to save the remaining coals and use them in next firing to cover pots and would then top that off with wood
They turned out amazing Will! Really glad to see nothing cracked this time. That was one hot fire too. That flying sail thing was crazy. were they flying over your firing?
Thanks so much! I've been having weird issues with my firings getting crazy hot lately. They were pretty close by, I don't think the guy noticed me, as the cops shortly arrived. haha!
Nice thats 3 beauties to me . dont know how you do it but keep doing it , really cool the way it turns black , what happened to the lil round one , thanks for sharing
Learned a lot from this video. They turned out so beautiful! I'm glad to see the black stayed black in this firing. More cover sherds would help protect from those black spots right?
Thanks! It's really becoming my favorite style of pottery to replicate lately. They would protect the spots from happening, but then to many sherds I get to much carbon issues. If I can figure out the carbon issues I get with sherds, that'd ideally be the way to go for really clean looking pottery.
Good job Will, you are really getting reduction figured out. How important do you think it is to have a pit and what function does it have? Also, what do you think the optimum time is for covering your pots? Do you pull away most of the charcoal and ashes or do you cover everything as it is? Good stuff, congrats. I haven't had the chance to test it yet but one of my viewers suggested that mixing the hematite with kaolin will reduce or eliminate fugitive paint. Keep it up.
Thanks! I've been pretty committed to figuring this stuff out. My dream pot I want to replicate requires reduction. Just happy for some consistent results lately.
The pit is super important, At least I believe it is. It' helps immensely when you have to bury your pots in the smothering process. Too deep a pit though causes (in my tests) carbon issues, and if combined with cover sherds dark gray pots, haha!
I just bury it straight up.
Oh that's interesting about kaolin, thanks for sharing that!
@@willorocks The pit firing folks up north say you want the pit only deep enough that the bottoms (or tops) of the pots are at or just below ground level. The reason being as you are learning, that you need to oxidize out that carbon. Kaolin is just a kind of clay, mixing clay with minerals for mineral paint is common knowledge Wes, I don't see how this is any different than what I have been teaching.
@@AncientPottery Oh, that's really interesting! Thanks a bunch for sharing that information!!!
Howdy Will , that damp sand was scary - I was holdin my breath & crossin my fingers for ya, & Yay! Yu pulled it off ! I didn’t see yu pull yur little disc / medallion out ?! Did yu leevit behind ?! Great video !
I was wondering the same thing about that disc.
Uh oh.... you know what, I don't think I did recover that whorl! haha! Yikes! Thanks! I Was really happy things turned out. It didn't look good at first. Thanks again!
Fantastic results Will.. Sure got that black, was worried the sand may have allowed in some oxygen.
I still got to nail this..
Thanks so much! It's been an exciting and fun challenge trying to get this stuff dialed down right. And the designs are just so much fun to paint too. Hope to hear some success with your firings on reduction!
As always your videos are entertaining and we enjoy seeing your success and failure. It’s a part of the process. Thank you.
Thanks so much! Really glad to hear!
Wow I got to say those turned out amazing this time. The design you put on them and how nice they looked at the end is awesome🤩
Thanks a bunch! Really glad they turned out in this firing. Thanks again!!!
Sweet experiment Wil, also enjoy watching and learning. Wow they turned out amazing, great job, very awesome paint job, artistic! Love the black! Great video my friend!
Thank you! Really glad to hear!
these scoops and jar turned out sooo cute. I used to save the remaining coals and use them in next firing to cover pots and would then top that off with wood
Thanks so much!!! Oh that's really interesting with what you did with those coals. That's pretty cool! Thanks for sharing that!
They sure do look good, nice work👍
Thank you so much!!!
They turned out amazing Will! Really glad to see nothing cracked this time. That was one hot fire too. That flying sail thing was crazy. were they flying over your firing?
Thanks so much! I've been having weird issues with my firings getting crazy hot lately. They were pretty close by, I don't think the guy noticed me, as the cops shortly arrived. haha!
Nice thats 3 beauties to me . dont know how you do it but keep doing it , really cool the way it turns black , what happened to the lil round one , thanks for sharing
Thanks so much! I'm was pretty happy they all survived! Sadly I left that round one buried. I totally forgot about it.
Learned a lot from this video. They turned out so beautiful! I'm glad to see the black stayed black in this firing. More cover sherds would help protect from those black spots right?
Thanks! It's really becoming my favorite style of pottery to replicate lately. They would protect the spots from happening, but then to many sherds I get to much carbon issues. If I can figure out the carbon issues I get with sherds, that'd ideally be the way to go for really clean looking pottery.
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