Make sure to watch before reading the comments.. I love the layout process. Now that was really a good intro to how one can approach this! Thanks for sharing this.
I'm doing a challenge where I'm making 100 handbuilt bowls. What I am discovering is that you will screw up on some of the bowls you really love...but also discover a lot of beauty in the bowls that you originally thought were crap. And sometimes you make stuff and completely finish it, and it's wildly different to what you thought it was going to be. That's just the way it is. I have some ceramic bowls I threw on the wheel in my cupboard, and I love them, but they are way too heavy! So if any of them break, while I'd be sad for a little while, it means the opportunity to make new bowls that are better. And that's the important thing at the end of the day, is getting better at the art.
It was painful to watch such a beautiful pot fall apart. I think I was more emotionally attached to it than you were! So what's the fate of the sherds? Grog for future pots, or archeological relics for future explorers?
I know these shards have long ago had their fate decided but this seems like a wonderful example to try Kintsugi, a Japanese method of repairing pots that might look wonderful with this aesthetic.
Thank you. I will be firing some more of this same clay in a few days (if it doesn't rain the whole time). I hope to show how these kinds of problems can be mitigated.
I also recently did a sort pitfire-cum-open-firing and had very good results. Probably because the heat was more even because of the protection of a three-brick high wall around the fire. I usually fire three smallish pots at the most in an open fire, but this time I fired 11 pots and all 9 of the important ones made it. Only two experimental pots did'nt.
@@AncientPottery that is the kind of weather I always have to deal with. I live in a region that gets rain all through the year. My wood, pots and bricks are probably equally damp when I fire!
My kids and I have been collecting and processing wild clay and having some fun trying to make pottery and sculptures. Today the kids got impatient and decided to try drying their creations in the blazing, 100 degree sunshine. Needless to say, they didn’t survive the drying process. My 5 year old was in tears, really upset after the loss of so much work. I showed him this video, and after seeing it, he was able to see this experience as practice instead of waste. He’s excited to grind it up and start again. Thanks for sharing the practice and learning experiences, as well as the successes! It’s a huge, huge help!
My daughter in law was recently saying that she was afraid to learn to cook because she might mess it up. I told her that it is like learning to make pottery, you will fail many times, but with each failure you will learn and move forward. Failure is part of the process. An important lesson for children and even young adults.
Today, in this world of ours, to many people try to hide their failures/mistakes. Although the firing ending was painful to watch, the honesty you had in showing us, is a good sign of your character. Thank You.
Glad to hear it. I would love to see the pottery you are making in Mexico. We have a Facebook group you might enjoy if you are on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/SWpottery
As an artist and potter myself, I can only admire your work. I think there will always be a market for wonderful hand-made items, even when AI takes over all art! Great tutorial, thanks. Isn't it amazing what the ancient peoples could do! Thanks for trying to retain those skills.
She was a beautiful pot😔 I was really impressed with your freehand skills. As a chronic doodler, I know how hard it is to draw a balanced design that complicated on a flat piece of paper with erasable pencils, much less in the round, with paint. You did a lovely work🤗🐝❤️
Thank you. That is so true, many people don't realize just how difficult it is to paint on a rounded surface until they try it. I enjoy the painting part, although I don't feel it is what I am best at.
The sound of the pot being made - the scraping of the clay up to the new edge - could be its own ASMR video. Just however long of all the full length jug creation process sounds! :)
Thank you so much for putting these videos online. I am at a season in my life where I want to learn new skills, and I absolutely loved this video. For the skills to be learned, both in dexterity, patience, and life.
Heart breaking! That was hard to watch. Important to see even the best have failures. Very important lesson. None the less, a great video & great teaching from start to finish. Thanks again, Pete
😂 bummer dude, such a work of art!!! I prefer a Dakota fire pit, that the side vent is closed as the fire takes off. Pot is fired with shards covering the pots. Above ground, I have a wind shield around my fire pit. Wind is bad, a drop of rain is lethal👀 Thank you for sharing! Good teachings❤️
Believe me i almost cried my eyes was full of tears while you said only oops😅 i was more emotionally attached to ur beautiful peice of art which fall apart 😢
Really enjoyed this video, such a labour intensive project and a beautiful pot, I would have glued all the pieces back together again and still put it on display! Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Andy, for all your time and for gathering all the information you could possibly find on southwest pottery. Plus all the experimenting with so many different clays, slips, ochers, firing of all kinds. In fact I'm waiting on my first 3 pots that are firing right now as i text you, Hope they come out whole.
This is why the southwest is full of pottery shards that have helped us understand some of the ancient pottery motifs. You are not the first to have a pit fire failure. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for teaching clearly and enthusiastically about pottery and, just as importantly, showing that mishaps and disasters can, and do, happen even to masters of the craft. I really do appreciate that you saw there was still value in sharing the journey of this project. Also, thanks for putting links to other videos throughout :)
Andy, thanks for posting this video. I am truly impressed with the skill that you put into making this pot and the unique methods you used. I absolutely loved making pottery in high school but without any equipment since then, I haven’t enjoyed the art. I only have some bowls and small figurines to remember. Now I’m thinking that I might give it another chance. Also, your encouragement to not get discouraged if the piece fails even after a lot of work, energy, and even emotion have been poured into the piece….let’s just say that it hit home and have me hope to give it a try.
This is wonderful video! I learned so much, even as an experienced potter. I was sorry to see the pot destroyed, but it does provide an important lesson of non-attachment.
Oh wow!! Well it was a beautiful. Glad you captured it all the way through. In my regular life I am a control freak, pottery has taught me to let go. Not everything can be controlled, even when doing something you have done a 100 times. In pottery it’s often up to the Pottery Gods. Lol But man there is beauty in learning from those moments and letting go. I love the way you handled that. Thank you for sharing. Good luck on your ladle.
WelP, I started to watch this after watching two others of yours today and heard thunder in the distance. So I rolled out my driveway to a spot that traps many of my friends when they come by without letting 4 or 5 days pass after a rain. I've watched a few of your clay gathering episodes. I had to repack all the deep ruts with my truck as the big ruts began too harden, so I knew THIS is my best spot. Grabbed a handful of palm-sized chunks and set them aside for later, when I will make my FIRST lump of clay. Your area is exactly the same as my desert here 65 miles south of Alpine, TX, about 3 miles east of HWY 118. There is a bentonite mine out here and I know I can get it as it is everywhere. Thanks for the videos!
Twice you demonstrated exemplary control of your emotions. Glad you kept this in this episode. As a teenager I would not have kept my composure, but I learned over the years, throwing a temper tantrum does not fix what got broken or clean up what was spilled. Hope you now have some cover sherds you needed from a previous video. Thanks for sharing.
You are Amazing. I've just started getting into pottery and have made a number of pots (small ones) but too scared to fire any out of fear they are going to explode or crack. Here where I live in Northeast Kansas most of the clay is either redish orange or dark dark gray almost black. I see very little buck skin tan clay that would take a whole day picking up what little pieces are sprinkled around in the creek beds. I would like to thank you for all the time and research and travel and making pottery that you share with all of us so we can enjoy the art and carry on with your knowledge and pass it on. Thank You Andy!!!
Just learnt of your channel by complete chance today and now I'm completely addicted! Love watching your process and your calm delivery. Also beautiful artistry. Thanks from the UK!
Thanks Andy! And thank you for reminding us how to keep our cool. Fantastic build, I keep learning from each and every one...I'm also trying my best to remember to turn the camera on so we'll see what turns out.
You are welcome. There is making pottery and then there is making pottery while filming, two separate things and the latter is infinitely more difficult. I hope to see the results of your efforts soon.
Hi Andy, my name is André and I'm from Brazil. And your videos are very good thanks for them. They've been teaching me more about ceramics. And sorry for any grammar mistakes. my english is not my strong point
So pleased to discover your channel Andy, and I’m fascinated to know the origins of the miniature pots on the small shelves behind you at or around the 18- 18 time stamp, as I’m sure many other viewers feel the same. Great work, and very inspiring!
I've watched several of your videos and this is the best so far. Excellent instructions and the steady hand you have while painting is admirable. Sorry that this pot didn't survive the fire but the philosophical way you rolled with it is good guidance. Well done.
Hi Andy, I know this video is a couple of years old, I am resurching because my son found some clay, and brought it home.I want to use it, I will process it and make something small and try to fire! Binge watching trying to learn as much as possible, I am in South West Oregon. And am local native.Thank you for all the info.
That hurt even tho I knew it was coming (peeked at the comments). It was such a beautiful pot right up until the end, and I’m very appreciative that you let us see it. Gives me hope that if I ever get past the point of watching your video’s while drooling, and actually make one…and it breaks, I’ll know that I’m right up there with the big dogs, instead of feeling so discouraged that I give up. Thanks. ❤️
such a beautiful pot..so sorry . You are a very good instructor in the way you explained the building of the pot and then analyzing what possible cause it to crack after firing . Lessons for beginner to remember and learn from. thank you.
Thanks for posting this video even though the firing didn't turn out, still an enjoyable video to view. I think a lot of DIY videographers don't post the failures, I wish they would. It keeps it real :)
That was fantastic Bury the pieces together and then in 1000 years time an archaeologist will dig up the pieces become all excited and stick them together to create your finished pot for you and put them in a museum.And you’re right your video is a creation itself and a great opportunity for us to learn thank you
Kudos for holding it together at the end there! Not sure if I would have just continued staring at it and had a sad laugh, or went all cowboy with some choice words followed by a requiescent hat toss into the wild blue yonder. As you were firing it with the timber piled on, I found myself dreaming about an even larger vented 'sacrificial' pot in case of differential heating and hardening. Guess we know now!
Ohh, big gasp. I would have been crying for awhile. Such a beautiful piece. I'll be waiting for you next big piece. I'm so happy I found your channel. I've only fired a pit few small pieces with mixed results. But I've kept them to encourage me to do better.
This was very good to watch. It's good to see what can happen. It is a learning curve. I'm wondering when doing a firing, in an outdoor kiln (I'm wanting to build), are you supposed to build the heat slowly so it doesn't shock the clay to avoid breakage? Or is it better to get the heat to increase quickly?
Pottery is like anything Mike, it takes lots of practice. I'll bet when you first tried knapping the results were not great. I have a knapper friend who gives me points to use, I am as bad a knapper as you are a potter.
Hope you are still answering questions. Looks as if you are using a metal bowl to help form the bottom of the olla. What is inside the metal bowl to keep the clay from sticking to it?
Sooo beautiful Andy! Your patient skill is breathtaking and contagious, the design is amazing and I love the free hand painting approach, Too bad lit broke but, as you say many times, we learn from each mishap, nature holds secrets we are still to discover✨🙏🏻💐thank you so much for sharing ALL your experiences😌
Congratulations to you! I also spent several hours making a 28cm diameter pot... I also do everything over a primitive wood fire. It ended with several splits. It's not easy to make great pottery Very...Very nice video ;)
@@AncientPottery Thanks! I have seen people making big fires in a circle all around their pottery. Before, I thought it consumed too much wood, resources. Now I tell myself that the heat is more homogeneous. Thank you so much for your videos and teaching ;)
Yes it was painful. But saw the process what it takes. Thank You for explaining not to take it to heart. Good video I say it was a success. Teaching and showing the love of the craft and patients.
brilliant video I learned something and not about pots. The lessons don't just apply to making pottery, you can put everything you have into something and it still goes to pieces. Thanks
I was doing archeological survey on the Tohono O'odham reservation west of Tucson and found an intact olla about twice the size of the one you make here. I almost didnt see it even though it was out in the open in a creosote flat. A creosote had grown up under it and lifted it off the ground and was it was at eye level. On the survey, you walk with your eyes down, so I almost walked by it. We collected it. It was in the Arizona State Museum, but maybe it was repatriated to the tribe.
Please excuse my ignorance, I’m no pottery person but I genuinely found this fascinating. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you create a beautiful pot. My heart sank and I literally gasped when it broke. I found your tips very informative and I loved the asmr, your camerawork, lighting and editing is to be admired. You’re a very likeable gentleman and I’m very happy UA-cam recommended you. With love and appreciation to you from England. xxx
Such a pity you did not gain some big sherds from it. I recently lost two biggish pots due to uneven firing too. Got preoccupied with taking pics of it and boom! it went as the fire flared up much more on the the one side without me noticing it. Fired the other the next day and also got distracted, with the same result. I usually happen to fire a full moon, only realizing it when the firing nears the end when night has fallen. I seem to have to be in the right frame of mind to fire; able to focus properly. I had been desperate to get around to firing the pots, but should have done it when I could relax and enjoy it.
Thanks for that experience. I definitely find that frame of mind makes such a huge difference in my pottery whether I am building, decorating or firing. I prefer to temper the clay enough that an uneven fire will not cause breakage, the next batch of this clay I mix up will definitely be well tempered.
I loved this video. The design was gorgeous and it was amazing to see the process from start to finish and see how cool you were when all that work crumbled. Nice job and I really appreciate the lesson because I have become kind of paralyzed due to unexpected glazing ugliness. I think I'll try some cool ancient northwest designs 👍
I collected the clay a while ago but lacked the effort to try making something with it coming u with excuses but seeing the 😐pot at 5:25 is all I needed lol, Ama get good enough to make it for myself 😂😂😂😂. Also I love the parts with no music where you can hear the scrapper working, it really connected.
Great video. It was so beautiful. I'm sorry that it broke. Anyone would love to have an item that beautiful in their home. I wonder if the different pot shapes had special purposes, too.
that clay seems amazing to work with. There is no way I could build a pot that size with the commercial clay that I can get hold of around here. The supplier's red earthenware clay is so floppy that I cannot even make a small pinchpot with it. My beautiful red clay from the brick yard, however, has such wet strength that I could build a tower with it in one go
You were showing pictures around mid way a or two thirds through and I saw cracks I was thinking, awww this is so beautiful it looks like firing didn't go well. Then I wondered if it was a previous attempt. Beautiful work regardless. Well done.
Howdy Andy, great to see Yu take on a great challenge! yrs ago I struggled to make a similar huge jar, so yur video, from start to finish, taught me plenty, especially aboutThermal Shock ! Yur friend, Cliff K
Make sure you watch all the way to the end to see how this pot comes out 😉 There is an important lesson there for all potters.
Make sure to watch before reading the comments..
I love the layout process. Now that was really a good intro to how one can approach this! Thanks for sharing this.
I'm doing a challenge where I'm making 100 handbuilt bowls. What I am discovering is that you will screw up on some of the bowls you really love...but also discover a lot of beauty in the bowls that you originally thought were crap. And sometimes you make stuff and completely finish it, and it's wildly different to what you thought it was going to be. That's just the way it is. I have some ceramic bowls I threw on the wheel in my cupboard, and I love them, but they are way too heavy! So if any of them break, while I'd be sad for a little while, it means the opportunity to make new bowls that are better. And that's the important thing at the end of the day, is getting better at the art.
Whelp. At least you got some really pretty shards to shield the next project…?
An exemplar UA-cam video demonstrating why the platform was created. Only a few videos into this channel and it's already one of my favourites.
Glad to hear it, thanks.
It was painful to watch such a beautiful pot fall apart. I think I was more emotionally attached to it than you were! So what's the fate of the sherds? Grog for future pots, or archeological relics for future explorers?
I'm not sure, I might try gluing them together, then it will look like a real relic.
And your very dry "oops"....
Good comment on the whole issue. Your are very grounded in reality, it was a good lesson in perspective (for me).
@@johanneswerner1140 Good observation. I really appreciate that about his whole attitude.
I know these shards have long ago had their fate decided but this seems like a wonderful example to try Kintsugi, a Japanese method of repairing pots that might look wonderful with this aesthetic.
oh no! spoiler alert! lol 1/3 thru it :)
This is what happened to 70% of my pots. That why I created a pit-fire kiln. So far so good on those. Andy, it did look beautiful while it lasted.
Thank you. I will be firing some more of this same clay in a few days (if it doesn't rain the whole time). I hope to show how these kinds of problems can be mitigated.
I also recently did a sort pitfire-cum-open-firing and had very good results. Probably because the heat was more even because of the protection of a three-brick high wall around the fire. I usually fire three smallish pots at the most in an open fire, but this time I fired 11 pots and all 9 of the important ones made it. Only two experimental pots did'nt.
@@AncientPottery that is the kind of weather I always have to deal with. I live in a region that gets rain all through the year. My wood, pots and bricks are probably equally damp when I fire!
My kids and I have been collecting and processing wild clay and having some fun trying to make pottery and sculptures. Today the kids got impatient and decided to try drying their creations in the blazing, 100 degree sunshine. Needless to say, they didn’t survive the drying process. My 5 year old was in tears, really upset after the loss of so much work. I showed him this video, and after seeing it, he was able to see this experience as practice instead of waste. He’s excited to grind it up and start again. Thanks for sharing the practice and learning experiences, as well as the successes! It’s a huge, huge help!
My daughter in law was recently saying that she was afraid to learn to cook because she might mess it up. I told her that it is like learning to make pottery, you will fail many times, but with each failure you will learn and move forward. Failure is part of the process. An important lesson for children and even young adults.
Today, in this world of ours, to many people try to hide their failures/mistakes. Although the firing ending was painful to watch, the honesty you had in showing us, is a good sign of your character. Thank You.
Thanks for that. I think we can all learn together, if I hide my failures only I learn and you don’t.
Hi, I'm Ulises, I live in Mexico and thanks to your videos I've achieved my goals.
That's great
Thanks for showing the Failures as well as the Successes.! That after all is the dynamics of pottery. Kinda like life.
True
Thank you for all your generosity and experience, I’m from Mexico and trying to built ancient look pottery and you’re inspiring .
Glad to hear it. I would love to see the pottery you are making in Mexico. We have a Facebook group you might enjoy if you are on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/SWpottery
Oh my heart just dropped watching the end!
Yes, a bit heartbreaking isn’t it?
As an artist and potter myself, I can only admire your work. I think there will always be a market for wonderful hand-made items, even when AI takes over all art! Great tutorial, thanks.
Isn't it amazing what the ancient peoples could do! Thanks for trying to retain those skills.
She was a beautiful pot😔 I was really impressed with your freehand skills. As a chronic doodler, I know how hard it is to draw a balanced design that complicated on a flat piece of paper with erasable pencils, much less in the round, with paint. You did a lovely work🤗🐝❤️
Thank you. That is so true, many people don't realize just how difficult it is to paint on a rounded surface until they try it. I enjoy the painting part, although I don't feel it is what I am best at.
@@AncientPottery You’re most welcome! And I would say you’re wonderful at it🤗🐝❤️
I'm in awe of the painting job on this pot!
@@thehappypotter9612 Me too!🤗🐝❤️
The sound of the pot being made - the scraping of the clay up to the new edge - could be its own ASMR video. Just however long of all the full length jug creation process sounds! :)
Dude, you rule. I start coil ceramics next term and your videos are going to be the perfect primer.
Thank you so much for putting these videos online. I am at a season in my life where I want to learn new skills, and I absolutely loved this video. For the skills to be learned, both in dexterity, patience, and life.
You are welcome.
Heart breaking! That was hard to watch. Important to see even the best have failures. Very important lesson. None the less, a great video & great teaching from start to finish.
Thanks again,
Pete
😂 bummer dude, such a work of art!!!
I prefer a Dakota fire pit, that the side vent is closed as the fire takes off. Pot is fired with shards covering the pots.
Above ground, I have a wind shield around my fire pit.
Wind is bad, a drop of rain is lethal👀
Thank you for sharing!
Good teachings❤️
Thanks
Such good construction tips. This olla will live on to instruct learners forever, despite its brief life.
That is true and now I have a really great jigsaw puzzle!
Really good point ! It might not hold water but many will enjoy learning !
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Believe me i almost cried my eyes was full of tears while you said only oops😅 i was more emotionally attached to ur beautiful peice of art which fall apart 😢
Really enjoyed this video, such a labour intensive project and a beautiful pot, I would have glued all the pieces back together again and still put it on display! Thanks for sharing
Thanks, Andy, for all your time and for gathering all the information you could possibly find on southwest pottery. Plus all the experimenting with so many different clays, slips, ochers, firing of all kinds. In fact I'm waiting on my first 3 pots that are firing right now as i text you, Hope they come out whole.
you are welcome, I hope your pots came out good
Those are some beautiful chert tools! This was a very much appreciated video Andy.
Very welcome
This is why the southwest is full of pottery shards that have helped us understand some of the ancient pottery motifs. You are not the first to have a pit fire failure. Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome
Thank you for teaching clearly and enthusiastically about pottery and, just as importantly, showing that mishaps and disasters can, and do, happen even to masters of the craft. I really do appreciate that you saw there was still value in sharing the journey of this project. Also, thanks for putting links to other videos throughout :)
You are very welcome.
Andy, thanks for posting this video. I am truly impressed with the skill that you put into making this pot and the unique methods you used. I absolutely loved making pottery in high school but without any equipment since then, I haven’t enjoyed the art. I only have some bowls and small figurines to remember. Now I’m thinking that I might give it another chance.
Also, your encouragement to not get discouraged if the piece fails even after a lot of work, energy, and even emotion have been poured into the piece….let’s just say that it hit home and have me hope to give it a try.
RIP Tularosa Olla, you will always be remembered
Indeed
This is wonderful video! I learned so much, even as an experienced potter. I was sorry to see the pot destroyed, but it does provide an important lesson of non-attachment.
Oh wow!! Well it was a beautiful. Glad you captured it all the way through. In my regular life I am a control freak, pottery has taught me to let go. Not everything can be controlled, even when doing something you have done a 100 times. In pottery it’s often up to the Pottery Gods. Lol But man there is beauty in learning from those moments and letting go. I love the way you handled that. Thank you for sharing. Good luck on your ladle.
Thank you for that. A lesson we all need to ponder. I am working on the ladle today, thanks.
WelP, I started to watch this after watching two others of yours today and heard thunder in the distance. So I rolled out my driveway to a spot that traps many of my friends when they come by without letting 4 or 5 days pass after a rain. I've watched a few of your clay gathering episodes. I had to repack all the deep ruts with my truck as the big ruts began too harden, so I knew THIS is my best spot. Grabbed a handful of palm-sized chunks and set them aside for later, when I will make my FIRST lump of clay. Your area is exactly the same as my desert here 65 miles south of Alpine, TX, about 3 miles east of HWY 118. There is a bentonite mine out here and I know I can get it as it is everywhere. Thanks for the videos!
Oh my gosh I’d cry. You worked so hard it was gorgeous
It's all part of being a potter, sometimes it happens.
Twice you demonstrated exemplary control of your emotions. Glad you kept this in this episode. As a teenager I would not have kept my composure, but I learned over the years, throwing a temper tantrum does not fix what got broken or clean up what was spilled. Hope you now have some cover sherds you needed from a previous video. Thanks for sharing.
I'm so excited to try this, I have harvested about 10 gallons of clay, 5 red and 5 white! Thank you so much!!!
You are Amazing. I've just started getting into pottery and have made a number of pots (small ones) but too scared to fire any out of fear they are going to explode or crack. Here where I live in Northeast Kansas most of the clay is either redish orange or dark dark gray almost black. I see very little buck skin tan clay that would take a whole day picking up what little pieces are sprinkled around in the creek beds.
I would like to thank you for all the time and research and travel and making pottery that you share with all of us so we can enjoy the art and carry on with your knowledge and pass it on. Thank You Andy!!!
I am glad you appreciate my videos. I love making them.
Just learnt of your channel by complete chance today and now I'm completely addicted! Love watching your process and your calm delivery. Also beautiful artistry. Thanks from the UK!
Welcome and thank you
Thanks Andy! And thank you for reminding us how to keep our cool. Fantastic build, I keep learning from each and every one...I'm also trying my best to remember to turn the camera on so we'll see what turns out.
You are welcome. There is making pottery and then there is making pottery while filming, two separate things and the latter is infinitely more difficult. I hope to see the results of your efforts soon.
Muy muy bonito ,me encantan sus trabajos ,es vd muy meticuloso, sus diseños muy acertados. Desde Valencia España
Thank you for showing the Whole process.
No problem 😊
Hi Andy, my name is André and I'm from Brazil. And your videos are very good thanks for them. They've been teaching me more about ceramics. And sorry for any grammar mistakes. my english is not my strong point
Glad you are enjoying them.
that was surprising to me at the end. I don't know much about pottery, but thanks for the video; It's genuine and teaches all of us a lesson
Thanks, as a person who doesn't know much about pottery I'm glad this video was able to keep you entertained.
So pleased to discover your channel Andy, and I’m fascinated to know the origins of the miniature pots on the small shelves behind you at or around the 18- 18 time stamp, as I’m sure many other viewers feel the same. Great work, and very inspiring!
Oh, those are from all over, I will try to do a post about that soon.Thanks
Andy you’re the coolest! Thanks for this :)
Thanks, hope you enjoy it.
Inspirational. I was gonna save up for a kiln and wheel but wow, that's amazing!!!!❤❤❤
Life is a learning experience but some of the lessons can really smart. It was a masterwork, regardless of its ultimate fate.
Yes, just enjoying the journey with all its dips and bumps.
I've watched several of your videos and this is the best so far. Excellent instructions and the steady hand you have while painting is admirable. Sorry that this pot didn't survive the fire but the philosophical way you rolled with it is good guidance. Well done.
Hi Andy, I know this video is a couple of years old, I am resurching because my son found some clay, and brought it home.I want to use it, I will process it and make something small and try to fire! Binge watching trying to learn as much as possible, I am in South West Oregon. And am local native.Thank you for all the info.
You are welcome, I hope your pot comes out good.
OMGGGG this is very very beautiful!!! ♥ God bless your hands forever!!!
That hurt even tho I knew it was coming (peeked at the comments). It was such a beautiful pot right up until the end, and I’m very appreciative that you let us see it. Gives me hope that if I ever get past the point of watching your video’s while drooling, and actually make one…and it breaks, I’ll know that I’m right up there with the big dogs, instead of feeling so discouraged that I give up. Thanks. ❤️
Yes, keep trying and you will achieve success. Thanks for watching.
such a beautiful pot..so sorry . You are a very good instructor in the way you explained the building of the pot and then analyzing what possible cause it to crack after firing . Lessons for beginner to remember and learn from. thank you.
Thanks, I am glad you got something from this. If people are able to learn from this video then the work I did making this pot will not be in vain.
I could watch this all day. So satisfying. But, I could also do this all day too because I have clay
Thanks for posting this video even though the firing didn't turn out, still an enjoyable video to view. I think a lot of DIY videographers don't post the failures, I wish they would. It keeps it real :)
For sure, I feel that my mistakes may teach far more than my successes do. Thanks.
I'm so impressed with your skills and willingness to share them with us. Thank you!
Thank you, it is my pleasure to share.
That was fantastic Bury the pieces together and then in 1000 years time an archaeologist will dig up the pieces become all excited and stick them together to create your finished pot for you and put them in a museum.And you’re right your video is a creation itself and a great opportunity for us to learn thank you
Thanks, yes some future archaeologist will be stumped by that.
Kudos for holding it together at the end there! Not sure if I would have just continued staring at it and had a sad laugh, or went all cowboy with some choice words followed by a requiescent hat toss into the wild blue yonder. As you were firing it with the timber piled on, I found myself dreaming about an even larger vented 'sacrificial' pot in case of differential heating and hardening. Guess we know now!
You live and you learn. Life goes on without the pot about as it would have with the pot. At least I captured that moment on video. Thanks
❤❤❤ Andy so glad I found your site…we do PIT (Passport in Time) volunteering and sherd study has taken an even deeper meaning now!
Ohh, big gasp. I would have been crying for awhile. Such a beautiful piece. I'll be waiting for you next big piece. I'm so happy I found your channel. I've only fired a pit few small pieces with mixed results. But I've kept them to encourage me to do better.
Thanks for the encouragement. You can do it and lower your failure rate, remember to pre-heat and temper your clay well.
This was very good to watch. It's good to see what can happen. It is a learning curve. I'm wondering when doing a firing, in an outdoor kiln (I'm wanting to build), are you supposed to build the heat slowly so it doesn't shock the clay to avoid breakage? Or is it better to get the heat to increase quickly?
I always try to heat slowly in my kiln, It can be a challenge because those things naturally want to heat up fast.
Beautiful walk !
Thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it
Hi Andy, nice touch with the knapped chert knife. I would struggle with the coil pots, but the flint knapping I can handle. Thanks for the videos!
Pottery is like anything Mike, it takes lots of practice. I'll bet when you first tried knapping the results were not great. I have a knapper friend who gives me points to use, I am as bad a knapper as you are a potter.
A pleasant watch and sounds. Thank you.
You're welcome
Wow!!! New to your channel, I couldn’t be so cavalier about something so special ruined. I must say it’s a great video. Thank you😔
Hope you are still answering questions. Looks as if you are using a metal bowl to help form the bottom of the olla. What is inside the metal bowl to keep the clay from sticking to it?
Did you get an answer? I also need to know. Thank you.
Thank you for the great video. The shards could be used to make beautiful jewelry.
That is so impressive
Sooo beautiful Andy! Your patient skill is breathtaking and contagious, the design is amazing and I love the free hand painting approach,
Too bad lit broke but, as you say many times, we learn from each mishap, nature holds secrets we are still to discover✨🙏🏻💐thank you so much for sharing ALL your experiences😌
Yes, hopefully a learning experience for many. I did enjoy making it either way.
Congratulations to you! I also spent several hours making a 28cm diameter pot...
I also do everything over a primitive wood fire.
It ended with several splits.
It's not easy to make great pottery
Very...Very nice video ;)
That is awesome! Thanks
@@AncientPottery Thanks! I have seen people making big fires in a circle all around their pottery. Before, I thought it consumed too much wood, resources. Now I tell myself that the heat is more homogeneous.
Thank you so much for your videos and teaching ;)
Yes it was painful. But saw the process what it takes. Thank You for explaining not to take it to heart. Good video I say it was a success. Teaching and showing the love of the craft and patients.
Thank you, it's an important lesson.
Andy, do you sell your pots in the US? They’re gorgeous.
Yes, thanks. On my website ancientpottery.how
Well done ! Thank you for teaching.
You are welcome!
I loved this video specially after the pot was fired ...
The pot was a work of art. Love the videos very inspiring for me :)
Thanks so much 😊
😭😭😭 thanks for showing when things go wrong. Love your work
Thank you. Failure is part of the process.
brilliant video I learned something and not about pots. The lessons don't just apply to making pottery, you can put everything you have into something and it still goes to pieces. Thanks
sir you did good job .i know feeling of broken pottery
Thank you, it is something that all potters deal with, that's for sure.
Never give up with pottery! Greetings from Italy!
Thanks
Thank you, especially for including the end...since you have the pieces, any chance of doing a video on reconstruction.
That might be a good idea. I actually have an ancient pot that is in pieces that I was thinking might make a good video, so maybe.
I was doing archeological survey on the Tohono O'odham reservation west of Tucson and found an intact olla about twice the size of the one you make here. I almost didnt see it even though it was out in the open in a creosote flat. A creosote had grown up under it and lifted it off the ground and was it was at eye level. On the survey, you walk with your eyes down, so I almost walked by it. We collected it. It was in the Arizona State Museum, but maybe it was repatriated to the tribe.
Please excuse my ignorance, I’m no pottery person but I genuinely found this fascinating. I thoroughly enjoyed watching you create a beautiful pot. My heart sank and I literally gasped when it broke. I found your tips very informative and I loved the asmr, your camerawork, lighting and editing is to be admired. You’re a very likeable gentleman and I’m very happy UA-cam recommended you. With love and appreciation to you from England. xxx
Thank you so much. I am glad you found it enjoyable to watch, I hope you check out some of my other videos.
I most definitely will! Thank You x
Beautiful, you make it look easy.
Thank you
That is just gorgeous
Thank you
Such a pity you did not gain some big sherds from it. I recently lost two biggish pots due to uneven firing too. Got preoccupied with taking pics of it and boom! it went as the fire flared up much more on the the one side without me noticing it. Fired the other the next day and also got distracted, with the same result. I usually happen to fire a full moon, only realizing it when the firing nears the end when night has fallen. I seem to have to be in the right frame of mind to fire; able to focus properly. I had been desperate to get around to firing the pots, but should have done it when I could relax and enjoy it.
Thanks for that experience. I definitely find that frame of mind makes such a huge difference in my pottery whether I am building, decorating or firing. I prefer to temper the clay enough that an uneven fire will not cause breakage, the next batch of this clay I mix up will definitely be well tempered.
Wow that was one beautiful pot! I'd have fun gluing it back together!
A student bought it to glue together. I hope he does not find it too challenging, that would drive me crazy.
@@AncientPottery It would be like therapy for me : )
Excelente trabajo.
Muchas gracias.
You’re so inspiring thank you
You're welcome
You were really brave!
Beautiful techniques as well!
Thank you so much!
A wonderful process. Thanks for such a detailed video, very inspiring.!!
Thank you, glad you liked it.
I loved this video. The design was gorgeous and it was amazing to see the process from start to finish and see how cool you were when all that work crumbled. Nice job and I really appreciate the lesson because I have become kind of paralyzed due to unexpected glazing ugliness. I think I'll try some cool ancient northwest designs 👍
Thanks, glad you liked it. Give it a try.
I collected the clay a while ago but lacked the effort to try making something with it coming u with excuses but seeing the 😐pot at 5:25 is all I needed lol, Ama get good enough to make it for myself 😂😂😂😂. Also I love the parts with no music where you can hear the scrapper working, it really connected.
BEAUTIFUL ART!
Thank you very much!
Wonderful! You are a true master!
Thank you.
So sad all that wonderful work broken but it’s all a learning curve❤
Truly
Man I miss working with clay. Out of all my various hobbies it was my favorite.
You should keep doing it.
@@AncientPottery Oh I'd love too but I've with my parents. They said no😅
Great video. It was so beautiful. I'm sorry that it broke. Anyone would love to have an item that beautiful in their home. I wonder if the different pot shapes had special purposes, too.
I am impressed
Thank you
that clay seems amazing to work with. There is no way I could build a pot that size with the commercial clay that I can get hold of around here. The supplier's red earthenware clay is so floppy that I cannot even make a small pinchpot with it. My beautiful red clay from the brick yard, however, has such wet strength that I could build a tower with it in one go
Clay selection is very important when building large forms. This is an excellent clay that I collect near the Mogollon Rim in east central Arizona.
You were showing pictures around mid way a or two thirds through and I saw cracks I was thinking, awww this is so beautiful it looks like firing didn't go well. Then I wondered if it was a previous attempt. Beautiful work regardless. Well done.
Thank you ! You are great!
Amazing job!
Thank you!
I am so amazed with large pots you're doing...how I wished I can do the same
I will tell you the secret so you can make big pots too. Practice, practice, practice.
Howdy Andy, great to see Yu take on a great challenge! yrs ago I struggled to make a similar huge jar, so yur video, from start to finish, taught me plenty, especially aboutThermal Shock ! Yur friend, Cliff K
Thanks Cliff
as I'm sorry, all the work is gone in a few minutes but we all learn from it! I understand that there was no constant temperature? Hug from Mexico-
Thanks!