You can have your own clay hunting adventures, my online masterclass "Wild Clay 101" will teach you what to look for and what to avoid - ancientpottery.how/courses/native-clay/
Thank you for info on the local agricultural history. Those lands can be restored through better farming and ranching practices, as well as using small, frequent rainwater harvesting catchment out of onsite materials. Brad Lancaster is great at rainwater catchment strategies, especially in drylands. Mark Shepard uses biomes and is dependent on food-producing trees, shrubs, vines and perennials to grow crops and raise livestock. The livestock help manage pests weeds and fertility instead of using synthetic chemicals, and other purchased inputs. The livestock help manage fertility, and become a point of profit instead of loss. Mark grows stuff in his upper midwest biome but gives guidance on biomes in other areas, as well as optimal management on lands. For additional mob-grazing guidance in drylands, the Savory Institute as well as the Savannah Institute give great advice. These methods regenerate quality soil, as well as recharge watertables. Both men have books out, as well as instructional videos.
I am not a potter but I am very interested in it. I can't believe how much I have learned and can name some of the things you are pointing out before you say it. You are a good teacher. You know how to teach things in a way that is easy to remember.
Hola from Baja, Enjoyed your video. I've driven my husband crazy over our 42 yrs, making him stop the car so I could pick up samples of what looked like clay to me. Sometimes I've had to negotiate. Congratulations on your anniversary.
Thank you. I never get tired of spotting clay from the car and then stopping to see what it is like. My family has gotten used to this quirk over time.
hundred K! We have been there since 12k when we joined and I truly hoped one day you could quit your job and do this thing full time! I don't know if it pays that well, but, oh my what a reward to get where you were aiming and see more adventure ahead! Thanks for the great footie! We will keep watching for sure! Great work Mr. Ward!
Happy Anniversary!!!! We're about to celebrate our 40th~Where did the time go! Thank you so much for this amazing channel. I learn so much. Oregon is so different on the west side. So this is really, really interesting. I learn something new in multiples with each video... :)
Congratulations on your anniversary! What a great science/history lesson today. I had not thought about the stripes of sediment in the hillsides as compressed clay. I found some cow ribs last week. Not as cool as a deer rib, but something to use for now. Made me happy, lol. Thank you for your videos.
I spend time in the AZ desert and I've seen snakes in the heat of the summer in dry washes around the tree flood duff you show in the beginning of the video. I was going to sit in the shade near a duff pile once and luckily I noticed not one, but 2 rattlesnakes in there. Whew! We see snakes a lot in the desert. As you advise, you just need to be careful and be aware. Good advice about the cut banks being able to collapse. So glad your hike was rewarded with the clay you were seeking. We love your excursions.
as a Tucson resident, I will attest that driving in Tucson is dangerous. I rather be out in the desert with snakes than on the road with the bad drivers. 🙂
I wish I knew more about geology. I’m curious if that yellow pocket that was randomly located in that earth may have been some type of organic material. And if it was completely hidden and covered for thousands of more years, maybe it could have turned into a crystal similar to how yellow calcite forms.
Howdy Andy , a very Happy Anniversary to you & your wife ! Your pet peace’s are mine as well, Traffic & Rattlers , once again you have given good advice for explorers, awesome Green Clay ! Once again , Top Notch videos !
Very interesting. Thank you. I think the safety part of your video was important for people that have not been in that region and outdoors a lot. I'm glad you found your green and yellow clays. 🚶🏻♂️👍🏻🙂
I just had a total knee replacement hopefully I can go out on adventures soon . I live in South Texas and we have an abundance of red clay 😊. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and adventures .
A funny thing about memory: every time you remember something, you are remembering the last time you remembered it and not the original event. The more often you remember something over a long period of time, the more often little bits of the memory are skewed.
Thanks for taking us along as always great video and great info. Also looks like you may have picked up some filming tricks and tips from Chad zubber.(man I hope spelled that name right lol)
Looks like its clay season,.. our fire red flag warnings just wen up last week, so instead of firing we have been locating old sources and new sources of clay, with great luck as well! Really glad you found what you were looking for, and I am glad we did too! Nice video, Sir!
I'd love to see a video about a natural glaze. I can find any piece of info on making pottery my heart desires on youtube, but for some reason glazing still has an heir of mystery. Every glazing video that includes natural materials requires adding those to something store bought. Seeing as glazing is over 1000 years old, it seems weird that we don't have a video on how to acquire glaze materials without scanning a UPC.
Hey Andy. I am very interested in buying some of the green clay for pigment experiments (not on ceramics) if you have enough to part with some. Thanks!
Hi Andy and subscribers! I live in Northern Colorado and will be collecting clay in my area this summer. Does anyone have any recommendation on where I should be looking? This will be my first venture into making pottery. Thank you!
I have a student in Fort Collins who collects clay around there. I have never looked at clay in northern Colorado myself. I am planning a trip up there this summer so maybe I will find some clay then.
I saw some advice online recently that said never hike alone. Ha! That’s hilarious and impossible. I’m going hiking alone first thing tomorrow morning.
The superposition of sand over clay seems to suggest it was an ancient river delta prograding and depositing a lot of sediments in a sorted order. How old are those rocks/fossils?
Andy, I'm not often jaded into jealousy, but Arizona almost seems spoiled for choice in a lot of areas that interest me. Your journeys have persuaded me to get the family out there sooner than later, but in the mean time, we're headed south this summer to areas of Texas that have somewhat similar features to your stomping grounds and I'll definitely be bringing some buckets for "geo souvenirs". The clay in our area, I'm not entirely sure what it all has in it, but it has a rather unpleasant aroma when you get down under the first four feet like one might imagine dino dung might have smelled. Anyway, is yellow clay a product of containing sulphur or another mineral? I did some experimenting with the coffee bean sealers over the weekend and coconut oil with reports I'll email you here shortly. Just in case you didn't get the kiln emails, I wonder if they ended up in your spam box.
Yellow clay is full of iron hydroxide and turns red in the fire. I did receive your email but I am a bit overwhelmed with emails and other stuff right now so it may take awhile for me to respond. Have fun in Texas.
@@AncientPottery Interesting! I'll look into that a bit more as I wondered a bit later if it was some sort of reaction with an iron algae. Sorry for the pestering, I understand ya there!
