How to Make Primitive Pottery
Follow me as I guide you through the whole process of making primitive pottery, some of my other videos show more details on parts of the process but this video shows the entire process of creating primitive pottery. Please post questions below and I will answer.
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Sir I ‘ve been watching your videos daily and trying to catch up your skills and knowledge but still now I could not get the right clay.give some suggestion please.
Hello
I made my first wood fired pieces, small figurines and tiles. I used terra cotta clay. And a mix of wood, sawdust and charcoal. My question is this; the colour of my finished items was a mix of black and brown kind of cloudy. I did paint some pieces but for the most part that did not show up at all . How can I get colour on my pieces? I would love to make green and or red. I tried putting my work inside a metal box during firing with sawdust they turned pitch black that was alright better than the cloudy look of the others. What if I filled the box with sand? Or left it empty except the pieces? Thank you you really inspired me to try this. I’m a old retired guy 73 up in Minnesota
Hey, your fan here, how can I avoid carbon from going deep into the structure of the pottery pieces, as don’t like that black colour in the surface. Thanks from México.
Which one of your videos is the best video explaining the painting or decorating of the vessel?
New mexico?
How long, approximately, does it take for the firing from start to finish?
I’ve been watching a lot of your videos over the last week or so. Thanks for all your hard work and effort you’ve put into this craft. It really helps us newcomers break the ice a lot quicker.
So I tried to make a pot doing like you did in your video but my bowls crack the next day.what am I doing wrong ?
Does it matter what kind of sand?
dude your videos are so awesome! i’ve been wanting to learn for a while now and my last burning question was "how did native americans kiln pottery" – watching your video it seems so simple now. I respect the hell out of everyone here before us who figured this all out and then passed all of that knowledge down for generations
You have a new subscriber, sir.
Hi Andy! thanks for all the videos. I’m finding them really useful. I’m wondering if the unglazed pots are safe to use for cooking over a fire?
Brilliant video thanks 😊
Hey Andy i made my first oxidized firing. I built a pit fire in a fire place using shingles as cover shreds (they survived the firing) and putting three pots decorated with mineral paint (most of the slips were made with one part clay and one part pigment). Also if the firing looked really intense, after the firing the pottery can dissolve in water, and the paint is very fugitive (it’s like a powder sitting on the surface of the pot). I am very sad about this, and i think that the problem was probably the firing (not hot enough). In fact for the pots i used purified wild grey clay that had to become terracotta color, that instead remained grey. What do you think went wrong? What can I do to prevent this from happening again? Thanks a lot, and sorry for my bad English!!
Awesome video. I did not expect your pottery to look so good without the potters wheel etc. Thanks for sharing.
Andy, I meant to ask you about the sand. I heard that beach sand is not good to use. Even if it is clean. In your experience, do you find that to be the case?
1:56 as someone who probably knows more about rocket science than pottery, this is unfortunate news
does the clay that can be bought in craft stores already have sand added to it?
Is it still possible to use clay that have been boiled?
Yes it’s a bit odd but that’s what I did. 😄
Thanks for amazing video tutorial. this helps me a lot as a newbie in pottery art making.
Love and respect from philippines!
here in Vermont, we have wet clay since we have rain more often and since we have rain often all the clay will usually was down to the rivers especially the one near my house
Was liquid, such as wine, affected by the unique taste of the pottery clay? … ¿So in other words, how much did the clay change the flavor of what it contained; quite a bit, very little, or next to not at all? Thank you
Your Grace and Majesty, Fernandø Barela ✴♕❀
Wish I had found this channel 4 years ago when I moved here. ❤️🥰
Thank you, this is a excellent video! Greetings from a Portuguese primitive potter amateur!
why do i have to add sand to the clay?
Great video. How do they compare with kiln made pots?
Really enjoying your videos Andy thank you for sharing your enthusiasm for this craft. You’ve inspired me to have a crack. Kind regards from Melbourne Australia.
I’m going to dive deep into your amazing channel. I recently found some beautiful red clay while camping & it inspired me to try this art form out.
Hello! Very nice vidéo!
Can we add calcareous sand?
I heard limestone was no good. Do you have any reliable information on this?
Nice day!
Andy, thank you so much for taking the time in making these fantastic videos! Informative, inspiring, just great! Thank you!!
Hello mr. Ward. Do you happen to know the name of the 1st song that you featured in this video. Thank you for all the entertaining info and videos. One sub
Where do you find the sand though? If you are gathering everything yourself
Hi Andy,
Greetings from Luxembourg. I appreciate your knowledge sharing. Your videos are really instructive.
One question please: when you say you mix 1 part sand with 4 parts of clay. Which granulomtrie of sand would be appropriate. Concerning the clay, is it the ground you dig, grind and screened? or the clay been obtained by processing in water, sieve and drained dried?
Thank you for your help.
My mom is a sixteenth Cherokee and my dad is half puerto Rican. Most of my family is native american and im the only one who wants to try every day living life like my ancestors did. Its amazing seeing you help pass on this knowledge before modern technology takes over and people forget the way of life before advancement. Thank you for the inspiration and I love your vids!
I’d like to know how long you fire it. Do you keep putting wood on the fire?
What do you decorate with?
Sir we are in city.. How can we burn mud utensils please tell me
Thanks brother
What an awesome video! I have tried to make primitive pottery several times with mixed success. Typically the problem I run into is low plasticity. my pottery fires pretty well, but it cracks a lot while I am molding it. This limits the size of the vessels I make because I have to wet it so much, resulting in slumping. I’ve tried clay from a few sources in my area and different processing methods to filter out the clay. Do I just need to keep trying different clay sources until I find an acceptable one? I’m in central VA by the way if that makes a difference.
Hi there! Thank you so much for this video- does this make the pottery functional? Thank you!
I’m close to the Morean Center For Clay in st pete. what is the best store bought clay for ground firing. I have tried doing my own clay but with bad results. I have used store bought clay with bad results. Would you have to add sand to store bought clay? any advice will be appreciated.
how can you tell if the clay is dry and ready to be fired? currently working on experiment using local clay and test if it can be used as a cooking vessels but unsure how to tell if the clay is dry enough to be put on fire yet. is there a way to test the dryness of my clay pottery or is it just by eye?
Being a graphic designer looking to create things completely away from the computer screen, I have been interested in primitive pottery for a while and have been watching zillions of videos to catch all tips and tricks. Now I have my clay source, place and wood for the fire etc. After watching some videos for the second or third time, I realize your content has been an accelerator for me. Very understandable, motivating, without empty “masterclass” sentences and terms. I owe you a big thank you, Andy. Lots of love and respect from Turkiye.
Thank you for this information no one can produce this information easily , I will try this using red soil ,the soil good for farming.
I would love to have seen the finished piece
Good job
Nice work Andy
My clay looks differebt than yours. Mine looks more like dirt color rather than red. Will it work the same?
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Thank you short and to the point there ain’t nothing better broski 👍🐎
i would throw 50# of clay and 10# of sand in the cement mixer, add water, run it through a sieve, then let it sit and precipitate. pour off water and let it sit some more. when it is like a milkshake only thicker, dump it on the plaster of paris slab. a lot less work than wedging it in. and i needed to sieve it anyway.
i took the clue from you, and left pots in full sun all day at >100f day. then preheated using the bbq as an oven to about 200c. and using coffee cans like your galvanized tub. this was what i needed to do.