It has that elusive "I made this thing and it turned out so much cooler than I thought it would and I am way more excited than I can convey right now" feel to it
'What could possibly go wrong ...? It's impossible to predict' 🤣 I just love your dead-pan humour. Fascinating to see how you're learning and refining your pottery skills, and also to hear your musings on pottery's origins. I'd love to be able to do this, but vicarious pleasure is an acceptable substitute for now. 😊
Hey Dr. Mike Shrimp, you've been pretty clear in the past that you read almost all of your comments, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content right now. I am going through a very horrible time in my life, and one of the things I've been doing to cope is going through all of your talking series' and I just wanted to let you know how good it has been for me to just sit in bed and listen and watch you experiment, I wish I could be more like you in that sense. I hope that as the days turn into weeks I can move past what is causing me so much grief right now, but for the time that I do spend looking for anything to distract me, I will be here watching your content, it truly is pure entertainment, please keep it up.
My mum's a potter and before she got a kiln she used to do pit firing. She'd dig a big pit in the back garden that she'd fill with sawdust with the pots in amongst it.....with the sawdust even filling them. She'd then start a fire on top of the sawdust and once it burnt down she would cover up the whole thing with a couple of metal sheets and just leave it for a couple of days. She got some pretty good results.
That tiny seed pot really did turn out nicely, even if the camera wasn't doing it justice. If I didn't know it was made out of clay, I might assume that it was a metal pot, or at least that it had been painted at some point.
Could be getting my chemistry wrong here, but if iron-oxide undergoes reduction (as he mentioned might have happened in his pit), doesn't it turn back into pure iron? Maybe some of the rust has gone back to being iron, which would explain the shiny appearance
@@henningerhenningstone691 I doubt it’s getting reduced to unoxidized iron (that needs a very very high temp, around 1800 F according to Ellington charts). I think it’s going from Fe2o3 to FeO, which is black.
I think something to be said for all these episodes are just how well they're all put together. You must really take an extraordinary amount of care in how you set everything up camerawise because I've watched a thousand things professionally produced nowhere near as seamless, cogent, and clear as these have all been. One of my absolute favourite UA-camrs
I don’t know if you saw it, but one Christmas, possibly last one or the one before, ‘Morgan Donner’ actually made a choose your own adventure video series by setting videos to undiscoverable and only putting links in from the video you were watching. Logistical genius.
There is something immensely wholesome and satisfying about these “I’d like to try a thing” videos; basket-weaving, pottery, whatever you put your hand to next.
I don't usually comment on stuff but I wanted to say thank you for this series: I know nothing about pottery but your process of discovery and learning is incredibly pleasing, especially as I've wanted to experiment with pottery myself. The experiments with the iron oxide grog this late on in the process demonstrate this really well! Your attitude towards understanding the local history as well as experimenting with other styles and shapes from different regions has inspired me with my own creative projects. To me this series emulates just _a_ discovery of pottery from a time so different to ours, yet one which feels so relatable. It's like the feeling of holding a historical artefact and relating yourself to the person who first made it, and every inheritor since then. Perhaps the word "primitive" is too diminishing, but I feel like this process of discovery is something almost essential to the human experience. Thank you for creating this.
I thoroughly agree. I can't think of specific "discoveries" off the top of my head, but I would love more series like this one, where some craft discovered long ago is learned through experimentation and trial and error. It's just the perfect combination of informative, enjoyable, inspiring, and a slight dash historical.
This channel is such a treasure. You never know what you're going to get from it next, and there's always plenty of enthusiasm behind each new weird endeavor. You really seem to have your priorities in life worked out nicely, and it's refreshing.
Actually having them by the fire and over the embers is VERY important as although they won't be moist, there will be chemically bonded water in the clay. When you fire in a kiln, you take it slowly up to 100°c to let that bonded water escape as steam. That seed pot is truly beautiful!!! I love the leaf imprint too. One of my students wants to do similar ceramic experiments, I will refer her to this series.
I love that as you experiment, it's sort of like experiencing history first-hand. You're following the steps ancient people would have done to finally arrive at a useful product.
That tiny seed pot is so pretty! I'm so glad for all the steps you've shown of this process. I think too many times, we only see the successes of people doing things, and it can lead to being frustrated over times when things don't go well. Knowing that there can be many not-quite-successful steps that teach us something along the way is a lesson worth taking.
Wild to say but this has definitely been the most interesting series on this channel! So many successful side quests and little backtracks to "perfect" techniques. The whole series kinda encompasses so many different parts of the channel. Love it.
I am all here for an entire series of sidequests for other big projects you're working on. Same idea as Scammers Who Dumped Me, but with all the other fun projects in your life. This clay series is genuinely one of my favorite series you've ever done!
Man, these videos are the reason why you are by far my favourite youtuber. These improvised series where you just learn something you initially weren't good at but are interested enough to pursue it are so good. The difference of quality between this and the last firing is abismal, plus the side quests turned out amazing! Keep up the good work! :)
This is one of my favourite of your series. There’s a lot of exciting twists and turns, with some pretty impressive results given the forage-y feel of it all. It’s the formula to life: with a bit of knowledge and creativity you can do pretty much anything
I call this video series a happy accident…you intended for it to be a linear series of videos, however, the joys of failure and inspiration have led to this brilliantly meandering series that I find to be incredibly enjoyable. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
At the point where everything went in the fire and the outcome was so uncertain, I think all of us were standing on the sidelines with you Mike, with bated breath, praying with expectation that all would go well! What a success. And that little iron pot is amazing!
Your humour is so smart and quick witted. I just love it. You playing with the little figures is just so sweet and pure hearted! Also, love the rainbow coloured water bottle 💚
Every one of your videos I watch just makes me respect you more and more, you're absolutely an inspiration - wise and a good teacher but also relatable (small things like your pride water bottle), all without even pointing them out. I honestly have never come across anyone who deserves more respect than you; hats off Mr Shrimp 😊
There are lots of UA-cam channels that try to recreate the history of technologies like making pots or smelting iron. None of them wonder or speculate about what happy accidents like leaving a clay figure next to a fire overnight might lead to. Now you've got me wondering if adding different ground up colored rocks to clay to see what colors came out might be what led to smelting metals.
15:14 in a forest near me I found an apple tree with a ridiculous amount of apples on it!! Some up to 200 g with a Brix percentage of 15.4!!!! I've already taken just over 100 kg and almost processed them all! Still atleast 400kg left on the tree! (UK westmidlands)
Vinegar and lots of small chunks of copper can make a slurry for a glaze of copper for your pots. Dry it and Mix it with a food wise glaze. You can make or buy the glaze powder. Use a rock polisher and Nickel ball bearings to crush glass.
Thank you, Mr. Shrimp, it WAS interesting! I especially like how I feel like I'm learning about our ancestors and how they must have lived, but I also have been rooting for the pots to fire successfully and it was a relief to see the results in this video. :)
A counterpoint to your idea about clay figures (though you're probably right): like you mentioned earlier in the video, fires might have been made on top of clay-rich soil, and the results would not only be noticeable, but conveniently sort of bowl shaped.
wow that tiny "seed pot" turned out so amazing, it creates the feeling of envy in me. Please do us a favor and use it in your cooking video. Maybe pour in some olive oil or seasoning or something. I would love to see that.
Such joy to see the pots after firing. Just have to hope now that the next stage is as successful. I was thinking, as you, of the effect of the firing and smoke on food cooked in them. Maybe just heat water to start and see how it goes from there. That's what I'd do, but, Mr Shrimp' you will no doubt be well ahead of the game! Such fun!! Thanks for sharing these videos. A total joy!!
I say it every time, but I really love this series! And the little "side quests" are great, both because they help you learn things that are useful in later stages, and just because I can't watch these without going "but what if...". It's a nice treat when I find myself wondering about something and then the video itself addresses it
It's hard to describe the level of kinship and affection I feel for humanity listening to you theorize about the discovery of fired clay. In a lot of ways I think our lives would seem completely alien to ancient humans, but no matter what we always find a way to gather around and tell stories.
I love your view on creating something with no experience. I feel the same and often find that when I figure something out for myself, in my own way, I better understand how to do/make that thing. Thank you Mr Shrimp for sharing this wonderful experience with us
I'm really enjoying this series; it triggered a memory of wanting to try this as a kid in the 90's when I discovered clay in the garden. I only ever got to dry the thing I made in the sun. I really want to try this again, learning from your results
Following your pottery journey and the issues you ran into in previous episodes im so happy for you that it finally worked out :D Looking forward to next episode.
that little intro at the begginning where he explains the steps and objective of the series is starting to sound more and more like a theme song every time he repeats it. love the vibe
Excellent series. I know very little about pottery and have enjoyed learning. I had thought every firing needed a kiln with a controlled cool down. I like how you did it and the fact that it was done that way for thousands of years before the idea of a kiln came about.
Dear Mr Shrimp as someone that loves things that are no ones favorite, the the pot with the utmost potential for future exciting development is the wingle- wangle pot... I understand all of the other pieces of pottery and their construction, but this wavy pot tickles my brain and can almost see all the possibilities of shapes found in nature that are wiggly... Thank you for all your smart hard work!
I imagine perhaps incorrectly that the association with heat it quite likely. “I left that clay out in the sun and it went hard. I could shape this into something that might be useful. It dried in the warm sun light. My fire is warm. Maybe I can speed this up by putting this near or in the fire.” Obviously that is a super simplified version of what I mean but I feel like its a plausible.
So fascinated by this series. My Mom used to make pottery as a hobby. She set up a wheel in the basement. Another theory I've heard about the invention of pottery is that firing was invented when people noticed what happened to the ground underneath a camp fire.
Fire-roasted apples are such a good idea, I don't know why I've never heard of it ! And it's so satisfying to see you actually succed in firing your pots ; even though we viewers are doing 0% of the work, I think after so many episodes, side quests and experiments we're all emotionally invested in the journey. Bit bummed that the iron ore pattern didn't wotk though
Loving this series! At first I was only interested to see the results, which combination would make for the best cooking pot. Now I've also gotten really interested in the little side projects and don't want the series to end just yet. The more you continue to experiment and try out different additives, the more interesting it becomes.
I know this would've taken so much time, planning, editing and so on, but I'm really enjoying this series. I watch most of your videos, when time allows and like most others, I enjoy the "real" aspects to your videos. This is all just science, cooking included and love that you "show your workings" and the things that didn't quite make the grade. I also love the little touches of humour you put in as well. I wonder what you've got lined up for the next few months.
This series really shows how impressive things on Primitive Technology channel is! Being able to make pottery out of clay thats less of clay-clay and more just dirt and water mixed, without modern tools, when it has taken you more than a month and there's still no actual pot, surely takes some skill, knowlege, and I assume failed attempts! (should be noted, that does assume that channel shows honest depiction of reality, but I think it is a fair assumption. Also, I hope this doesn't take away from your achievements, you're doing great!)
My favorite things so far have been your daughter's wobbly sided dish, the burnished seed pot, the pot you painted with curly lines, and the wavy dish that had the leaf in the bottom. Regarding that dish, it vaguely has the shape of an ashtray. I dunno if that material would make a good ashtray, but if it can maybe you could gift it to someone you know who smokes. Any of these pieces would make lovely gifts, though.
15:30 There's also a third option: start shoveling dirt over the fire (as was common in native american pottery and probably some other cultures too). This gives a _very_ slow cooling rate, since you're simultaneously adding insulation and reducing the burn rate by smothering the fire. Usually, the firing pit is left buried until the next day before uncovering and retrieving the fired pots. (It's also no coincidence that this process is very similar to one for making charcoal, and if you stick a pot in the middle of a charcoal heap it'll fire successfully with no additional steps beyond the charcoal-making ones.)
Yet another really interesting and thoroughly enjoyable video there Shrimp! Pots look great and I can't wait to find our what happens in the next installment. Having said that, I find myself eagerly awaiting any videos from you as they are always very interesting and really entertaining, not to mention educational too. Your level of knowledge and desire to share is wonderful. Thanks for such a great channel!
2:45 as a Floridian this hits different.. 90% of our most expensive houses are beachfront/riverfront. I hate how overbuilt things are but on the plus side being 20 miles inland I'll have beachfront property in my lifetime 🤔
I don't know why but for some reason the "Forbidden Gravy" graphic over the still of the clay and rust dust mixture was extremely comical to me. I giggled about it much more than it warranted. My cat reacted to my repeated giggles by staring at me with a look expressing complete and total disdain, which naturally caused me to laugh and her to make a hasty retreat.
The tiny pot high in iron looks a bit like a small turtle I got as a child on vacation in Santa Clara, New Mexico. Perhaps the woman who made it used a similar technique. Great video as usual, Thanks!!! 😘 From Texas
Still loving this ceramic series, it is so well done! Now for a few ceramics facts: 1- you were talking about fluxes. Iron oxide is also a Flux. That's why lots of iron heavy clays like terracotta can be fired at relatively low temperatures. 2- the thing you did where you took your dried clay and extra-dried it over the open fire is called "candling". I candle all my firings in an electric kiln too ( leaving just the bottom burner on low and the kiln propped open for a few hours to make sure everything is 100% dry before firing). 3- the fact that you made a fossil is extra interesting because there's this discourse in the world of ceramics about it essentially being like making fossils for future generations, since fired clay is so long lasting.
Oh also you should check out Parsons Dietrich Pottery if you're ever in Saskatchewan. These ceramicists are well known in my area for using local clay in all their work, and I bet you would have some amazing conversations with them!
Don't fire them, they love their job!
Then why do they crack under pressure?
@@Fridelain They give it their all, but it all goes to pot, unfortunately.
@@azurehanyo haha I am here for this
*BOOOOOO, FKIN BOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
hahaha
@@azurehanyo you can say "all gone to ashes"
Looking at that little seedpot fills me with a very distinct joy that I've seldom felt elsewhere
It has that elusive "I made this thing and it turned out so much cooler than I thought it would and I am way more excited than I can convey right now" feel to it
Its fantastic, I love it
… same!
The seed pot is one of my faves, too. Also, hello fellow XIV player! :D I recognize the character screen in your icon! ♥
Same
The 'forbidden gravy' meme caught me completely off guard; you never cease to make me smile, Mr. Shrimp
I also thought it very very funny
'What could possibly go wrong ...? It's impossible to predict' 🤣 I just love your dead-pan humour.
Fascinating to see how you're learning and refining your pottery skills, and also to hear your musings on pottery's origins. I'd love to be able to do this, but vicarious pleasure is an acceptable substitute for now. 😊
Hey Dr. Mike Shrimp, you've been pretty clear in the past that you read almost all of your comments, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content right now. I am going through a very horrible time in my life, and one of the things I've been doing to cope is going through all of your talking series' and I just wanted to let you know how good it has been for me to just sit in bed and listen and watch you experiment, I wish I could be more like you in that sense. I hope that as the days turn into weeks I can move past what is causing me so much grief right now, but for the time that I do spend looking for anything to distract me, I will be here watching your content, it truly is pure entertainment, please keep it up.
Hope things will improve. Keep strong.
My mum's a potter and before she got a kiln she used to do pit firing. She'd dig a big pit in the back garden that she'd fill with sawdust with the pots in amongst it.....with the sawdust even filling them. She'd then start a fire on top of the sawdust and once it burnt down she would cover up the whole thing with a couple of metal sheets and just leave it for a couple of days. She got some pretty good results.
That tiny seed pot really did turn out nicely, even if the camera wasn't doing it justice. If I didn't know it was made out of clay, I might assume that it was a metal pot, or at least that it had been painted at some point.
I agree. It looked almost like cast iron.
@@timhutchinson8485 That's it !
I was trying to figure out what it reminded me of !!!
Could be getting my chemistry wrong here, but if iron-oxide undergoes reduction (as he mentioned might have happened in his pit), doesn't it turn back into pure iron? Maybe some of the rust has gone back to being iron, which would explain the shiny appearance
@@henningerhenningstone691 Ironception?
@@henningerhenningstone691 I doubt it’s getting reduced to unoxidized iron (that needs a very very high temp, around 1800 F according to Ellington charts). I think it’s going from Fe2o3 to FeO, which is black.
The little clay figures bring me so much joy
I think something to be said for all these episodes are just how well they're all put together.
You must really take an extraordinary amount of care in how you set everything up camerawise because I've watched a thousand things professionally produced nowhere near as seamless, cogent, and clear as these have all been.
One of my absolute favourite UA-camrs
That seed pot is gorgeous!
This is turning into a "Choose your own adventure" series lol. Great stuff.
I don’t know if you saw it, but one Christmas, possibly last one or the one before, ‘Morgan Donner’ actually made a choose your own adventure video series by setting videos to undiscoverable and only putting links in from the video you were watching. Logistical genius.
@@dees3179 Sounds awesome! I had no idea.
The little round pot with shiny metallic surface is amazing
There is something immensely wholesome and satisfying about these “I’d like to try a thing” videos; basket-weaving, pottery, whatever you put your hand to next.
I don't usually comment on stuff but I wanted to say thank you for this series: I know nothing about pottery but your process of discovery and learning is incredibly pleasing, especially as I've wanted to experiment with pottery myself. The experiments with the iron oxide grog this late on in the process demonstrate this really well! Your attitude towards understanding the local history as well as experimenting with other styles and shapes from different regions has inspired me with my own creative projects.
To me this series emulates just _a_ discovery of pottery from a time so different to ours, yet one which feels so relatable. It's like the feeling of holding a historical artefact and relating yourself to the person who first made it, and every inheritor since then. Perhaps the word "primitive" is too diminishing, but I feel like this process of discovery is something almost essential to the human experience. Thank you for creating this.
I thoroughly agree. I can't think of specific "discoveries" off the top of my head, but I would love more series like this one, where some craft discovered long ago is learned through experimentation and trial and error.
It's just the perfect combination of informative, enjoyable, inspiring, and a slight dash historical.
This channel is such a treasure. You never know what you're going to get from it next, and there's always plenty of enthusiasm behind each new weird endeavor. You really seem to have your priorities in life worked out nicely, and it's refreshing.
"Everything eventually turns into a cooking video". 👍
I love your pfp :)
and this time he did not add salt! (because it's already in another ingredient as usual).
We gotta eat at some point 😂
The little pot is truly a thing of beauty
Actually having them by the fire and over the embers is VERY important as although they won't be moist, there will be chemically bonded water in the clay. When you fire in a kiln, you take it slowly up to 100°c to let that bonded water escape as steam.
That seed pot is truly beautiful!!!
I love the leaf imprint too.
One of my students wants to do similar ceramic experiments, I will refer her to this series.
That iron-clay small pot looks amazing!
I love that as you experiment, it's sort of like experiencing history first-hand. You're following the steps ancient people would have done to finally arrive at a useful product.
That tiny seed pot is so pretty! I'm so glad for all the steps you've shown of this process. I think too many times, we only see the successes of people doing things, and it can lead to being frustrated over times when things don't go well. Knowing that there can be many not-quite-successful steps that teach us something along the way is a lesson worth taking.
Wild to say but this has definitely been the most interesting series on this channel!
So many successful side quests and little backtracks to "perfect" techniques. The whole series kinda encompasses so many different parts of the channel. Love it.
You should read audio books! I find your voice and levels of story telling and descriptive speaking very easy to listen to and very calming
The artifossil is so cool and turned out very good, I wonder if it would also work with other things
Really enjoyed the "forbidden gravy" :'D
I am all here for an entire series of sidequests for other big projects you're working on. Same idea as Scammers Who Dumped Me, but with all the other fun projects in your life. This clay series is genuinely one of my favorite series you've ever done!
Man, these videos are the reason why you are by far my favourite youtuber. These improvised series where you just learn something you initially weren't good at but are interested enough to pursue it are so good. The difference of quality between this and the last firing is abismal, plus the side quests turned out amazing!
Keep up the good work! :)
This is one of my favourite of your series. There’s a lot of exciting twists and turns, with some pretty impressive results given the forage-y feel of it all. It’s the formula to life: with a bit of knowledge and creativity you can do pretty much anything
That seed pot looks amazing!
I call this video series a happy accident…you intended for it to be a linear series of videos, however, the joys of failure and inspiration have led to this brilliantly meandering series that I find to be incredibly enjoyable. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
At the point where everything went in the fire and the outcome was so uncertain, I think all of us were standing on the sidelines with you Mike, with bated breath, praying with expectation that all would go well! What a success. And that little iron pot is amazing!
That seed pot is beautiful. ❤️
Your humour is so smart and quick witted. I just love it. You playing with the little figures is just so sweet and pure hearted! Also, love the rainbow coloured water bottle 💚
I like that small 'seed' pot with all the iron oxide dust, that came out great !
This series has been such a joy
Every one of your videos I watch just makes me respect you more and more, you're absolutely an inspiration - wise and a good teacher but also relatable (small things like your pride water bottle), all without even pointing them out. I honestly have never come across anyone who deserves more respect than you; hats off Mr Shrimp 😊
There are lots of UA-cam channels that try to recreate the history of technologies like making pots or smelting iron.
None of them wonder or speculate about what happy accidents like leaving a clay figure next to a fire overnight might lead to.
Now you've got me wondering if adding different ground up colored rocks to clay to see what colors came out might be what led to smelting metals.
All these pots are truly beautiful
15:14 in a forest near me I found an apple tree with a ridiculous amount of apples on it!! Some up to 200 g with a Brix percentage of 15.4!!!! I've already taken just over 100 kg and almost processed them all! Still atleast 400kg left on the tree! (UK westmidlands)
Vinegar and lots of small chunks of copper can make a slurry for a glaze of copper for your pots. Dry it and Mix it with a food wise glaze. You can make or buy the glaze powder. Use a rock polisher and Nickel ball bearings to crush glass.
Thank you, Mr. Shrimp, it WAS interesting! I especially like how I feel like I'm learning about our ancestors and how they must have lived, but I also have been rooting for the pots to fire successfully and it was a relief to see the results in this video. :)
I have loved this series, especially all the little side quests. The narration was particularly great on this one.
A counterpoint to your idea about clay figures (though you're probably right): like you mentioned earlier in the video, fires might have been made on top of clay-rich soil, and the results would not only be noticeable, but conveniently sort of bowl shaped.
wow that tiny "seed pot" turned out so amazing, it creates the feeling of envy in me. Please do us a favor and use it in your cooking video. Maybe pour in some olive oil or seasoning or something. I would love to see that.
I godamn love this series. I could get addicted to your pot journey…. I’m living vicariously through you. ❤
Such joy to see the pots after firing. Just have to hope now that the next stage is as successful. I was thinking, as you, of the effect of the firing and smoke on food cooked in them. Maybe just heat water to start and see how it goes from there. That's what I'd do, but, Mr Shrimp' you will no doubt be well ahead of the game! Such fun!! Thanks for sharing these videos. A total joy!!
I say it every time, but I really love this series! And the little "side quests" are great, both because they help you learn things that are useful in later stages, and just because I can't watch these without going "but what if...". It's a nice treat when I find myself wondering about something and then the video itself addresses it
Brilliant, and utterly fascinating. Your little seed jar is such a beautiful little object.
Favourite series ever…..
the “don’t breathe this” reminded me of the old will it blend videos, good times
I'm really excited about how this is coming through!!
It's hard to describe the level of kinship and affection I feel for humanity listening to you theorize about the discovery of fired clay. In a lot of ways I think our lives would seem completely alien to ancient humans, but no matter what we always find a way to gather around and tell stories.
I love your view on creating something with no experience.
I feel the same and often find that when I figure something out for myself, in my own way, I better understand how to do/make that thing.
Thank you Mr Shrimp for sharing this wonderful experience with us
I really love that photo of the 'rust' pot at 7:49. Great video, as always, really enjoying this series. Thanks!
I'm really enjoying this series; it triggered a memory of wanting to try this as a kid in the 90's when I discovered clay in the garden. I only ever got to dry the thing I made in the sun. I really want to try this again, learning from your results
You hope this has been interesting...I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE!!!
Following your pottery journey and the issues you ran into in previous episodes im so happy for you that it finally worked out :D Looking forward to next episode.
that little intro at the begginning where he explains the steps and objective of the series is starting to sound more and more like a theme song every time he repeats it. love the vibe
Excellent series. I know very little about pottery and have enjoyed learning. I had thought every firing needed a kiln with a controlled cool down. I like how you did it and the fact that it was done that way for thousands of years before the idea of a kiln came about.
Dear Mr Shrimp as someone that loves things that are no ones favorite, the the pot with the utmost potential for future exciting development is the wingle- wangle pot... I understand all of the other pieces of pottery and their construction, but this wavy pot tickles my brain and can almost see all the possibilities of shapes found in nature that are wiggly...
Thank you for all your smart hard work!
I imagine perhaps incorrectly that the association with heat it quite likely. “I left that clay out in the sun and it went hard. I could shape this into something that might be useful. It dried in the warm sun light. My fire is warm. Maybe I can speed this up by putting this near or in the fire.”
Obviously that is a super simplified version of what I mean but I feel like its a plausible.
I love these simple shapes and how much love and cretivity you put in them! Eagelry awaiting the next step!
this is my fav series you have ever done
So fascinated by this series. My Mom used to make pottery as a hobby. She set up a wheel in the basement.
Another theory I've heard about the invention of pottery is that firing was invented when people noticed what happened to the ground underneath a camp fire.
Well done, Shrimp. That little metallised pot is wonderful. May it live in your family a thousand years.
Love it when You and Babatunde upload simultaneously 😊
This is one of my favourite series on youtube right now.
I have loved this series. Clay rocks
Fire-roasted apples are such a good idea, I don't know why I've never heard of it !
And it's so satisfying to see you actually succed in firing your pots ; even though we viewers are doing 0% of the work, I think after so many episodes, side quests and experiments we're all emotionally invested in the journey. Bit bummed that the iron ore pattern didn't wotk though
Loving this series! At first I was only interested to see the results, which combination would make for the best cooking pot. Now I've also gotten really interested in the little side projects and don't want the series to end just yet. The more you continue to experiment and try out different additives, the more interesting it becomes.
I know this would've taken so much time, planning, editing and so on, but I'm really enjoying this series. I watch most of your videos, when time allows and like most others, I enjoy the "real" aspects to your videos. This is all just science, cooking included and love that you "show your workings" and the things that didn't quite make the grade. I also love the little touches of humour you put in as well.
I wonder what you've got lined up for the next few months.
I've been loving these videos. Always a highlight of my day when they come out, thanks for making them.
That seed pot is just lovely, even on camera it makes me so happy just looking at it. Thanks for doing this series it's been fantastic!
This series really shows how impressive things on Primitive Technology channel is! Being able to make pottery out of clay thats less of clay-clay and more just dirt and water mixed, without modern tools, when it has taken you more than a month and there's still no actual pot, surely takes some skill, knowlege, and I assume failed attempts!
(should be noted, that does assume that channel shows honest depiction of reality, but I think it is a fair assumption. Also, I hope this doesn't take away from your achievements, you're doing great!)
My favorite things so far have been your daughter's wobbly sided dish, the burnished seed pot, the pot you painted with curly lines, and the wavy dish that had the leaf in the bottom. Regarding that dish, it vaguely has the shape of an ashtray. I dunno if that material would make a good ashtray, but if it can maybe you could gift it to someone you know who smokes. Any of these pieces would make lovely gifts, though.
I love how that mostly rust little pot came out it's beautiful! Really held it's shape nicely, can't wait to see how these work out in cooking
15:30 There's also a third option: start shoveling dirt over the fire (as was common in native american pottery and probably some other cultures too). This gives a _very_ slow cooling rate, since you're simultaneously adding insulation and reducing the burn rate by smothering the fire. Usually, the firing pit is left buried until the next day before uncovering and retrieving the fired pots.
(It's also no coincidence that this process is very similar to one for making charcoal, and if you stick a pot in the middle of a charcoal heap it'll fire successfully with no additional steps beyond the charcoal-making ones.)
Ordinarily that would be an option, but heavy rain was on the way
The small pot is so beautiful!
I'm really looking forward to the next episode and hope there are more clay experiments in the future.
Always love the will it blend references with your various craft dusts
You're always such a joy to watch. I learn something new with each video. Thank you for sharing! ❤
Yet another really interesting and thoroughly enjoyable video there Shrimp!
Pots look great and I can't wait to find our what happens in the next installment.
Having said that, I find myself eagerly awaiting any videos from you as they are always very interesting and really entertaining, not to mention educational too.
Your level of knowledge and desire to share is wonderful.
Thanks for such a great channel!
Pure and simple Joy to watch TQ
I reckon having the pots pointed with the opening up helped to prevent breakage during firing. Nice!
This series was a labour of love. ❤️
2:45 as a Floridian this hits different.. 90% of our most expensive houses are beachfront/riverfront. I hate how overbuilt things are but on the plus side being 20 miles inland I'll have beachfront property in my lifetime 🤔
I don't know why but for some reason the "Forbidden Gravy" graphic over the still of the clay and rust dust mixture was extremely comical to me. I giggled about it much more than it warranted. My cat reacted to my repeated giggles by staring at me with a look expressing complete and total disdain, which naturally caused me to laugh and her to make a hasty retreat.
I really love the irony shiny little pot too! it's gorgeous!
That mini seed pot and the fossil are amazing! They turned out so well 💜
The tiny pot high in iron looks a bit like a small turtle I got as a child on vacation in Santa Clara, New Mexico. Perhaps the woman who made it used a similar technique. Great video as usual, Thanks!!! 😘 From Texas
Still loving this ceramic series, it is so well done! Now for a few ceramics facts:
1- you were talking about fluxes. Iron oxide is also a Flux. That's why lots of iron heavy clays like terracotta can be fired at relatively low temperatures.
2- the thing you did where you took your dried clay and extra-dried it over the open fire is called "candling". I candle all my firings in an electric kiln too ( leaving just the bottom burner on low and the kiln propped open for a few hours to make sure everything is 100% dry before firing).
3- the fact that you made a fossil is extra interesting because there's this discourse in the world of ceramics about it essentially being like making fossils for future generations, since fired clay is so long lasting.
Oh also you should check out Parsons Dietrich Pottery if you're ever in Saskatchewan. These ceramicists are well known in my area for using local clay in all their work, and I bet you would have some amazing conversations with them!
I love this series!
Can't say I've been excited for a UA-cam series before other that this one we are all learning together
The mini seed jar is absolutely beautiful, 11/10 success ;)
Amazing video as always, and congratulations on your pots and bits! The DIY fossil was especially cool
The side-quest iron oxide pot is absolutely beautiful!
The Side Quest are so awesome.
I agree, that little seed pot is truly beautiful
yay! ive been loving this series!
That little seed pot is absolutely beautiful 😍
YAAAAAAY!!! The little black one it a true beauty.