Thanks for watching. I have a lot of other videos with tips and tricks if you are just getting started with hand building pottery, check out this playlist for more ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qGp3R1Yg5sQ.html
AND you have videos on how to go out and find your own clay in nature. AND you have videos on how to process that clay into clay that you can use to make your pottery. YOU are a one stop shop for all things pottery!😃
I’ve been watching your channel for a good while now, (years) and I have to say, I’m so glad you’re out there telling people about the simple, ancient way of making pots. This is so needed right now. Thank you.🐝🤗❤️
A 4th option is a homemade Kick wheel. I made mine for under $100. Since they have been around for centuries, I still consider it primitive. But I love coil building the most.
Hey I just watched the video where you tried to hit higher temps in your furnace. I might suggest once you hit 700 or 800 degrees pour a bag of charcoal into the top of the furnace. It burns hotter than wood and having direct contact or nearer contact with the pots should help with the lack of insulation as the heat is more readily available to the pots.
Thank you for this, in my sculpture class we’re on the wheel but I have issues with my hands and arms and it caused me severe pain but I still want to make stuff so I’m supper excited to try these methods!
I very much enjoy your videos Andy!! I have a few buckets of processed red clay that my boyfriend helped dig up, along with a 50 lb bag of plaster so I can start slip casting when I have everything purchased.
Thanks i needed to hear that i have given up on clay , l live in the Caribbean and i made my own clay it didn't come out well i keeps cracking. I don't know what to do
Oh that's too bad. I imagine on an island you might be limited in the clay available to you. Did you remember to add temper to your clay? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ca20JkKFAcE.html
Are there certain situations where one technique is better/more appropriate than another? Love your work and videos, thanks for inspiring a new passion for me!
Thank you so much for your video and experience, I'm just wanting yo start making my own tiny tea cups and other miniature pottery. My question is do you feel these methods would work with a porcelain mix clay?
But...but...but.....I just bought a wheel! 😂 (I literally just bought one 2 weeks ago). I find I'm more attracted to slab building and pinch pots though.
Different FIRST QUESTION ... ( because Ive already watched your kiln videos lol ) ... I've started pottery at my community center and they provide the clay ... after seeing this, I want to do some of this at home. Where do you suggest a noob like me look to buy clay?
If you are hoping to fire at your community studio then you may need to use their clay, some of those places are fussy about firing any clay other than that provided. But if you are hoping to fire outdoors then New Mexico Clay has some great low-fire hand building clays. You may also want to watch this video where I compare different commercial clays for use in this kind of pottery ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n1zwTqlu4GI.html
I dig my own wild clay so it is hard to make recommendations for commercial clay. Last year I did some experiments with using commercial clay to make primitive pottery maybe that video would help you ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-n1zwTqlu4GI.html
Just incase this helps other people. Not sure how old this particular technique is, but I was watching a video about Yixing pottery, and they were using a wheel that looked more like a lazy susan, that they controlled with their hands. I'm planning to use a similar technique.
@@AncientPottery thanks, I've never made pottery before. My idea is to use my native soil in my backyard ( in georgia and has good clay content as is) to make thin square sheets like roof tiles , low fire them, then make wood ash cement to seal the square sheets together to make a square olla.
Why NOT fire them? You can keep an unfired pot indefinitely. But it is fragile and if it gets wet it will start to dissolve. Are you afraid to try firing?
@@AncientPottery No. it’s just too hot right now. I need to get up earlier lol. It’s actually cool here in the morning since we are a higher elevation than you.
I have been a fan of the Vlog Brothers for years although I don't watch them as often nowadays as I used to. The term dooblidoo was actually coined by Wheezy Waiter.
