Beautiful work on some GREAT vessels. Really makes you appreciate leather and pottery when you put so much of yourself into them. Thanks for the videos.
LOL! House dried set. Funny little story, when I first started trying hand drill, my cousin and I would line the whole edge of his back porch with different hearth boards and go down the line back to back all day. Our hands would be all blistered up and we would still be trying, going at it. LOL! gung ho LOL! Good times back then. Thanks.
What I like is this isn't a video on the first time trying it. You've actually done this before. Nice work. Can you boil water on a fire in these pots? You said you cooked on some, like a skillet I'm guessing, the question is do you know what makes these ok to cook on a fire with? Apparently you can't do that with all clay. I'm trying to learn the difference. Thanks.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. You can rock boil, or open fire boil in clay containers. It would help to glaze them so they do not grow mold or bacteria in the fine pores, but I don't worry much with it. I haven't heard, or read anything about your last question, I would think you could cook on all clay as long as it was fired through right. I have also read about a cooking method that involves wrapping your plants and meat in wet clay and putting it in the fire as an oven. Pretty cool stuff. I hope this helps you some, thanks again!! -Red Shadow
+River Valley Survival and Bushcraft, thanks for the reply. Is there a bushcraft glaze that you know of? I haven't seen any videos on that yet. Or is glaze something you just have to buy from a store or online?
I have used animal fat, bees wax and pine sap before, separate, works pretty good. A pottery teacher told me you can also use very fine clay for a glaze, I haven't tried this method but you my be able to find something online about that. I think if you used this method you would make a slurry, slip and paint it on. I think you would need to fire it at a very high temp. though? If you try this I would really like to hear about it. Thanks and good luck!!
+River Valley Survival and Bushcraft Wow. I've never heard of those before. Really great leads for me to look into. Like whole new avenues to learn about and explore. Exiting. Thank you so much man! If I get a space to try those I will definitely tell you of results. Thanks again!
Looks like some great pottery. You are starting to get a pretty good collection there. Have you tried firing your pottery in sawdust? That is the way that I have done it and it seemed to work good the only time I tried it. You have to dig a hole and line the bottom of the hole with sawdust. You then lay your unfired pottery on the sawdust in the hole. Next you bury the pottery in sawdust and then build a fire on top of it all. The pottery will be heated up very gently with no sudden temperature changes. Mine came out black due to firing in a low oxygen environment (buried in sawdust). Is your clay a higher quality? We have clay here locally within walking distance but so far I have not found any that is suitable for pottery. The clay I used for my pottery came from about a 100 miles away and was good quality.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival Thanks!! I have tried many ways of firing but nothing seems to work like I do here, I haven't tried the saw dust method but have heard of it. The low oxygen pottery looks really cool, I like the solid black color. The clay in the video is a higher grade than most in my area, there's more bad clay then good around here. I've mix plant clipping to water and let it sit till it all was decomposed into a thick slim and mixed the slim with clay for better plasticity, ash for flux, just experimenting with it really you know. Anytime I find any clay I get some and try it, found many different types that work well. Interesting stuff I think. Thanks again!!!
cool video! I have been experimenting pit firing. I like how you take such a long time to heat your pots no thermal shock that way. I find when my clay is good quality really sticky plastic they crack easy. I am wondering if you mixed some of the red sandy clay with the light clay what the results would be. your cracked pot I like to powder them for grog or temper. I like that powder better than sand. oh yea some times I use damp leaves around the pots with fire on top instead of sawdust. Aloha
+Ralph Mastriani Thanks for watching!! I have mixed clay before and it will work a little better, I have also coated some wet pottery with wood ash for a kind of flux, I just take my time with it and hope it turns out. The fine red clay in my area wants to crack when air dried so I don't use it so much. I will try the damp leaves soon, sounds interesting. Thanks again my friend!!
+tocci951 Thanks for watching!! The clay i'm using is a high grade clay with fine sand particle and other impurities mixed in. My two or three day firing process drives the moisture out really slow so I don't use any added temper. I have used clay with lots of sand in it and fired the same day it was made, didn't break so I think the sand or shell temper gives the air in the clay a kind of path to escape. If the clay gets to hot before the air is gone it will most likely break, think of the clay as it is being fired, it becomes almost like stone and the air can't get out fast enough so it explodes. If you can't do the coil test like in part 3 with the clay you have try a little temper and see what happens when you fire it. I hope this helps you out and makes sense, i'm not an expert so.. if you have any more questions please ask and I will tell you what I know. Thanks again for watching!!!! -Red Shadow
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That looks brilliant, I love it! :) Thumbs up and Greetings from Ireland! :) Happy New Year! :)
+Drone Girl Hello Drone Girl, it's very fun stuff. Glad you enjoyed it! Happy New Year!
Beautiful work on some GREAT vessels. Really makes you appreciate leather and pottery when you put so much of yourself into them. Thanks for the videos.
+David West Takes a little work for sure. LOL! I really enjoy this stuff. Thanks.
Wow! That is really cool man! Subscribed to your channel! Thanks alot man! This is great information!
+Hangs with Raccoons Hello and welcome!!! Thank you for the support, more primitive skills to come!! Thanks again friend!! -Red Shadow
River Valley Survival and Bushcraft Thanks for posting man! :)
Just finished the series. Very impressive.
+John Capps Thanks John, It's fun stuff.
+River Valley Survival and Bushcraft You made the hand drill look way too easy.
LOL! House dried set. Funny little story, when I first started trying hand drill, my cousin and I would line the whole edge of his back porch with different hearth boards and go down the line back to back all day. Our hands would be all blistered up and we would still be trying, going at it. LOL! gung ho LOL! Good times back then. Thanks.
nice pottery you made your self there.great stuff
+Wallace Vivian I really appreciate it. Thanks for watching!
I think is a great job, well done!
Thanks for the positive feed back and for stopping by!! - Red Shadow
You have some mad skills with the bow drill. Darn, I want to go play with clay now. Great series.
+The Last Grownup in the Woods Lol House dried set. Thanks for watching. You should get some when you can, it's fun stuff.
What I like is this isn't a video on the first time trying it. You've actually done this before. Nice work. Can you boil water on a fire in these pots? You said you cooked on some, like a skillet I'm guessing, the question is do you know what makes these ok to cook on a fire with? Apparently you can't do that with all clay. I'm trying to learn the difference. Thanks.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. You can rock boil, or open fire boil in clay containers. It would help to glaze them so they do not grow mold or bacteria in the fine pores, but I don't worry much with it. I haven't heard, or read anything about your last question, I would think you could cook on all clay as long as it was fired through right. I have also read about a cooking method that involves wrapping your plants and meat in wet clay and putting it in the fire as an oven. Pretty cool stuff. I hope this helps you some, thanks again!! -Red Shadow
+River Valley Survival and Bushcraft, thanks for the reply. Is there a bushcraft glaze that you know of? I haven't seen any videos on that yet. Or is glaze something you just have to buy from a store or online?
I have used animal fat, bees wax and pine sap before, separate, works pretty good. A pottery teacher told me you can also use very fine clay for a glaze, I haven't tried this method but you my be able to find something online about that. I think if you used this method you would make a slurry, slip and paint it on. I think you would need to fire it at a very high temp. though? If you try this I would really like to hear about it.
Thanks and good luck!!
+River Valley Survival and Bushcraft Wow. I've never heard of those before. Really great leads for me to look into. Like whole new avenues to learn about and explore. Exiting. Thank you so much man! If I get a space to try those I will definitely tell you of results. Thanks again!
Looks like some great pottery. You are starting to get a pretty good collection there. Have you tried firing your pottery in sawdust? That is the way that I have done it and it seemed to work good the only time I tried it. You have to dig a hole and line the bottom of the hole with sawdust. You then lay your unfired pottery on the sawdust in the hole. Next you bury the pottery in sawdust and then build a fire on top of it all. The pottery will be heated up very gently with no sudden temperature changes. Mine came out black due to firing in a low oxygen environment (buried in sawdust). Is your clay a higher quality? We have clay here locally within walking distance but so far I have not found any that is suitable for pottery. The clay I used for my pottery came from about a 100 miles away and was good quality.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival Thanks!! I have tried many ways of firing but nothing seems to work like I do here, I haven't tried the saw dust method but have heard of it. The low oxygen pottery looks really cool, I like the solid black color. The clay in the video is a higher grade than most in my area, there's more bad clay then good around here. I've mix plant clipping to water and let it sit till it all was decomposed into a thick slim and mixed the slim with clay for better plasticity, ash for flux, just experimenting with it really you know. Anytime I find any clay I get some and try it, found many different types that work well. Interesting stuff I think. Thanks again!!!
Really cool!!
Thanks!!
Good job Red Shadow.
+Nathan4071 Thanks.
cool video! I have been experimenting pit firing. I like how you take such a long time to heat your pots no thermal shock that way. I find when my clay is good quality really sticky plastic they crack easy. I am wondering if you mixed some of the red sandy clay with the light clay what the results would be. your cracked pot I like to powder them for grog or temper. I like that powder better than sand. oh yea some times I use damp leaves around the pots with fire on top instead of sawdust. Aloha
+Ralph Mastriani Thanks for watching!! I have mixed clay before and it will work a little better, I have also coated some wet pottery with wood ash for a kind of flux, I just take my time with it and hope it turns out. The fine red clay in my area wants to crack when air dried so I don't use it so much. I will try the damp leaves soon, sounds interesting. Thanks again my friend!!
Kind of new to this, but you seem to know what you're doing. How do you know if you need temper or not? Thanks
+tocci951 Thanks for watching!! The clay i'm using is a high grade clay with fine sand particle and other impurities mixed in. My two or three day firing process drives the moisture out really slow so I don't use any added temper. I have used clay with lots of sand in it and fired the same day it was made, didn't break so I think the sand or shell temper gives the air in the clay a kind of path to escape. If the clay gets to hot before the air is gone it will most likely break, think of the clay as it is being fired, it becomes almost like stone and the air can't get out fast enough so it explodes. If you can't do the coil test like in part 3 with the clay you have try a little temper and see what happens when you fire it. I hope this helps you out and makes sense, i'm not an expert so.. if you have any more questions please ask and I will tell you what I know. Thanks again for watching!!!! -Red Shadow