Andy Ward's Ancient Pottery

Friday, October 7, 2022, Western New Mexico University. Jeff Cooper, a potter and replicator from New Mexico reveals the results of his experiments and testing for replicating Mimbres black on white pottery. Learn how salts may have played a role in the making of ancient Mimbres pottery. 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Living in a big city need not hold you back from hunting, collecting and using wild clay. In this video I take you along with me as I look for and find good clay in my city of Tucson, Arizona. I also highlight the 5 worst and the 5 best places to find clay in a city. Mason's hammer https://amzn.to/3VE16lZ good for digging clay 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 0:00 Start finding clay in your city 1:16 Construction sites 1:57 Drainage ditches 3:29 Vacant lots 4:30 Sides of highways 5:32 Public parks 6:26 5 worst and best places to find clay in the city As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

This was my presentation at the Southwest Kiln Conference, a brief history of black on white pottery replication in the American Southwest. This documentary delves into the ancient history of black on white pottery in the Southwest and the various types. Then it goes into early efforts to replicate that ancient black on white pottery and some of the individual potters who have made contributions to black on white pottery replication. I show how to identify the firing atmosphere and paint recipe for ancient mineral painted pottery from all over the Southwest. And finally I talk a bit about my attempts to create black on white replica pottery and what methods I have had success with ad some ideas for future experiments. #swkc 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 0:00 Southwest black on white pottery traditions 3:11 How Mimbres black on white pottery was made 4:57 The history of SW black on white pottery replication 17:43 Identifying ancient paint and firing methods by sight 21:27 How I get black paint and some future experiments 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Many people were excited to attend the Southwest Kiln Conference this year in Silver City, New Mexico. Potters came together from all over the country and they had a good time talking with one another, sharing ideas and materials. Unfortunately the highlight of the conference, the pottery firings were all canceled due to rain. This video offer a brief recap of the activities and results of this conference that took place on October 7-9 2022 at the Western New Mexico University Museum in Silver City, New Mexico. #swkc 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Glaze is wonderful stuff but it's not the only way to finish pottery and a lot of people unfortunately think it is. Let's talk about just how food safe glazed and unglazed pottery can be and what glaze alternatives exist. There are many good reasons to not glaze your pottery and one of those is the texture and beauty of the raw clay surface with gets lost under gobs of chemical glaze. 🔗 LINKS Sealing earthenware - https://youtu.be/Ln4jKlfruaw Liquid Quartz - https://youtu.be/Swf-tb2zIC8 Common sense - https://digitalfire.com/article/crazing+and+bacteria%3A+is+there+a+hazard%3F Burnishing - https://youtu.be/-z8DPrITMPo Organic paint - https://youtu.be/kiy1gbmyRuc Mineral paint - https://youtu.be/FGj-hyKZ8eM Making and using colorful clay slips - https://youtu.be/FGj-hyKZ8eM 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 0:00 Why I hate glaze 0:30 History of unglazed pottery 1:35 Is unglazed pottery food safe? 2:34 Is glazed pottery food safe? 2:57 Common sense for pottery that is not "food safe" 3:41 Why not glaze pottery? 5:27 Some glaze alternatives 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

I got to hang out with @Chad Zuber yesterday. We fired pottery, dug clay and ate juniper berries. Here is a little bit of the pottery firing. Thanks Chad! #primitivepottery #shorts

I have made a number of videos about finding and processing good usable clay from nature but not so many about how to improve clays. In this video I delve into the subject of how to make a good clay better. Some areas are blessed with amazing clay, two areas in the Southwest that stand above the rest are the Hopi and Casas Grandes areas. I am hoping to achieve that level of amazing clay, come with me as I go in search of the ultimate clay body! The mill used for grinding clay and temper in this video - https://amzn.to/3BT8alQ 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 0:00 Why improve already good clay? 0:52 Collecting wild clay 3:12 Combine 2 good clays for a better clay 4:07 Cruddy clays and excellent clays 5:57 Making great temper 6:51 Blending and mixing clay 8:11 Testing the new clay, how good is it? 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

The 4th pot in the Salado challenge is the duck effigy pot. Here I show how I made the duck pot, decorated it and fired it all using primitive pottery techniques. No specialized tools or equipment needed and the cost is essentially nothing. What is the Salado challenge? And what did the ancient people do with these duck shaped pots? Salado challenge video - https://youtu.be/faoCKNhnY6o How to make mesquite bean paint - https://youtu.be/UUn1BONtfl8 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 0:00 Coil building the pot 3:03 Adding the head and tail 5:26 Slipping, polishing and painting 8:00 Firing the pot outdoors 11:30 The big reveal #saladochallenge 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

For my September livestream the subject will be firing pottery without a kiln. I will discuss many different ways of doing it, on the surface in a pit, in a loose brick enclosure with different fuels. wood, dung, charcoal, coal, bark, different atmospheres and results. Let's take a deep dive into primitive pottery firing techniques in this livestream. Also of course I will be answering your pottery related questions live. Drop in and say "hi". 🔗 LINKS Southwest Kiln Conference - https://www.swkiln.com/ Anasazi trench kiln firing - https://youtu.be/9cIWOFNysBc Simple fire enclosures - https://youtu.be/o4fCJfejiiQ Tony Soares "Urban Anasazi" technique - https://youtu.be/ahqMJTSf_2o Pit firing - https://youtu.be/6FzFMpYIan8 Open surface firing - https://youtu.be/7ZYlDeiqsZU 👨🏼‍💻 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpott... T shirts and other merch - andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-sp... 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Today I am going to demonstrate how to cook outdoors in an unglazed earthenware pot. I will be preparing a dish with a long history in Southwestern archaeology, "Wetherill Stew". While I wait for the stew to cook I will delve into the history of this dish, who is the archaeologist Emil Haury, who is the guide John Wetherill and how did these two men work together to bring us this dish. Learn how to cook with primitive pottery over open coals just like the ancients did. 🔗 LINKS The video where I made this pot - https://youtu.be/TBos0j0FszU The 1967 Wetherill Stew recipe - http://www.az-arch-and-hist.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/april-glyphs-65-10-elec-color.pdf The 1974 Wetherill Stew recipe - https://documents.saa.org/container/docs/default-source/doc-publications/publications/the-saa-archaeological-record/tsar-2007/may07.pdf?sfvrsn=7d6fdda1_2 🍲 My Wetherill Stew Recipe 1/2 lb stew beef 1/3 package of bacon 3 potatoes 1/2 onion 1 carrots 1 stalks of celery 1/2 green chile pepper 1 cloves garlic 1 bay leaf 1/2 can beef broth 1/3 can lima beans 1/3 can corn 1/3 can stewed tomatoes 1/3 bottle cooking wine Add bacon and fry Add beef and cook until brown Add beef broth and turn pot right-side-up Add potato, onion, carrot, celery, pepper, garlic, salt, pepper and bay leaf and add enough water to cover. Cook until potatoes are soft all the way through. Add lima beans, corn, tomatoes and wine. Mix up dumpling batter (Bisquick and milk) while this cooks. Spoon dollops of batter on top of stew and cook for 10 minutes. Cover pot and cook for 10 more minutes. Serve and enjoy! 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ 0:00 Emil Haury's famous stew 1:39 Who was Emil Haury? 2:27 Tip for cooking outdoors with earthenware pottery 3:51 Who was John Wetherill 5:03 The recipe for Wetherill stew 6:45 Adding dumplings and tasting the stew ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Pottery and other goods routinely moved hundreds of miles around the ancient Southwest. Without beasts of burden or wheels how were those trade goods transported over long distances. In this video I explore the ancient traders of the American Southwest, what we know about them and what we can assume about them based on historical examples. I will soon go trade some pottery and pottery materials with some friends far away. The Incredible Journey of Moncacht Apé - https://youtu.be/74vX1Hj7gYE A History of the Ancient Southwest by Stephen Lekson - https://amzn.to/3CDVgtS Tracking the Lost Mogollon Across the Ancient Southwest - https://youtu.be/l-i5ona4CgY 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ 0:00 Archaeological evidence for ancient traders 2:11 The ancient pottery trade of the Southwest 3:43 What is a burden basket? 4:36 Making a tumpline for my burden basket 6:50 Historic trade and the Aztec pochteca 8:21 Finishing and trying out my burden basket 9:31 Ancient traders in the archaeological record? ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Because earthenware pottery is by nature porous, it is important to seal eating, drinking and cooking vessels. Here I try 4 different sealing methods on identical bowls and compare the results to show which method of sealing pottery is superior. Lard, milk, starch and a commercial cutting board sealant go head-to-head. Howard's Butcher Block Conditioner - https://amzn.to/3wDu62x Other Sealing Videos Previous sealing video: https://youtu.be/SXxH9eQP8i8 Milk sealing: https://youtu.be/YuKn76tSU-Q Chemical sealant: https://youtu.be/Swf-tb2zIC8 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

People are always asking me what they can do to fix their clay. If you are hoping to collect wild clay to make pottery but are having trouble with your clay, then this video will help you to troubleshoot your clay and make your bad clay better... maybe. Remember that not all wild clay is usable for pottery, much of it just does not have properties desirable for making pottery, don't be afraid to throw out that horrible clay and start searching for something better. Learn to identify clay in nature - https://youtu.be/nqiJJDzR3vw Learn to purify clay with levigation - https://youtu.be/aryqJ5I3f2Q 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ #wildclay 0:00 Why the need to improve clay? 1:16 What properties to look for in good clay? 3:49 How to modify the plasticity of clay? 5:58 How to modify the wet strength of clay? 6:27 How to modify shrinkage in clay? 7:55 When is it time to give up on a clay? ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Learn how to make your own pottery tools using natural materials. Many of the tools we buy from the store can be easily made yourself. This video will show you how I made a rib tool, a needle tool and a paint brush from materials I collected in nature. I did use some commercial glue, string and a drill, but if you want to you could do it entirely from primitive tools and materials too. Learn about the puki tool for pottery https://youtu.be/qgf95MuakRs Learn to make yucca brushes https://youtu.be/1BfZJmhUmDY Buy pottery polishing stones on my website https://ancientpottery.how/product/pottery-polishing-stones/ 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ 0:00 Collecting natural materials for pottery tools 2:09 Make a natural paintbrush 4:08 Make a potters rib tool from a gourd 5:27 Make a needle tool using thorns 6:50 2 bonus tools natural pottery tools ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Arizona was a miserable place in the summer before air conditioning. Yet people have lived and thrived here for millennia, how did they deal with the extreme heat? One trick is the earthenware water jar called an "olla" that keeps the water inside cool with evaporation. This video takes a brief look at the history of the olla in the old Southwest and then I show how to make one and test out its amazing water cooling effect. The book quoted in this video, "On The Border With Crook" https://amzn.to/3OT3LET 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ 0:00 Summer In Arizona 0:32 Historic use of ollas to cool water 3:11 Making an olla in the traditional way 6:17 Firing an olla outdoors 8:12 Testing the water cooling ability of the olla ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 #coilpottery As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

I've been teaching pottery since 2006 and I have learned what techniques coil pot students need to master in order to be successful. In this video I focus in on those 6 coil pottery techniques that you need to master. My coil pottery masterclass "Coil Pottery 101" can be found here https://ancientpottery.how/courses/coil-and-scrape-pottery/ 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

I built this little primitive brick kiln in my backyard in spring 2021. Since then I have made several improvements and figured out how to easily get it to my desired temperature. After this firing in which I discuss the best way to reach a good temperature, I looked at my results, thought about the effectiveness of this kiln in getting the results I want and decided to change directions. Building the kiln - https://youtu.be/t692w4byVrw First firing in the kiln - https://youtu.be/zk-9iWQfJgc Improving the kiln - https://youtu.be/b-qNKqwaiy8 My next kiln will be like this - https://youtu.be/o4fCJfejiiQ 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

In this special livestream we will be talking with an archaeologist who is expert in ancient ceramics. Mary Ownby works as a ceramics analyst examining ancient pottery and revealing their secrets. Find out how she uses ceramic petrography to learn where a pot was made and ask her your questions live. Learn more about Mary Ownby on her website at https://www.ownbyanalytical.com/ 🔗 LINKS John Olsen's Go Fund Me https://gofund.me/4b14d31a Southwest Kiln Conference - https://www.swkiln.com/ Ancient Potters Club - https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ 0:00 Meet Mary Ownby 4:31 What kind of information can we learn about ancient sherds from examining them under a microscope? 10:27 How do you start your research, and does it involve actual field work? 14:50 What are the different methods of analyzing sherds? 19:46 How do you determine the chemical composition of clay and porcelain. What technology do you use to do this? 24:40 Why is it so darn hard to determine which clays were used by local prehistoric potters? 29:21 Are there samples of pottery that have tested to have basalt as a tempering agent? Would basalt add fluxing to the clay, or harm the integrity/strength? 33:23 Is Coil-and-Scrape pottery distinguishable from other pottery at the micrscopic level? If so, what evidence is there and which type of microscopy is used? 36:44 What would be the average firing temperatures in a hearth type pottery firing from , say 500 to 1200 AD . In our southwest pottery 40:41 In your research in California sites such as in Riverside County and the Coachella Valley, what does your research tell us about the people who lived there, their lifestyle, and their pottery making? Do they belong to an archeological culture? 42:45 Why central and northern California native sites do not turn up much pottery? I've seen some articles showing some, but it is oddly primitive and there isn't much. 49:36 I'm curious whether she has run into anything she finds particularly surprising? 57:14 How do you determine the age of the pottery? 59:19 How can you tell the temperature pottery was fired at? ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Mesquite beans make great organic pottery paint. I will demonstrate how to make paint from mesquite beans, why use mesquite beans for pottery paint and a little about the history of organic painted pottery in the American Southwest. Learn the nuts and bolts of organic paint pottery by watching this video - https://youtu.be/kiy1gbmyRuc Order mesquite bean paint from my website https://ancientpottery.how/product/mesquite-bean-pottery-paint/ 0:00 What is mesquite bean pottery paint 1:20 The history of organic paint related to mesquite 2:52 Cooking down the mesquite beans 3:52 Straining out the solids 5:12 How to use mesquite bean paint on pottery 6:28 Refining the paint into a thick syrup 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Learn the ancient technique of rivet handle attachments which was practiced by the ancient potters in the American Southwest. This is easy to do and results in the strongest possible handles on pottery. 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Let's talk about natural pottery pigments from the earth. My presentation will cover 6 ways to get colors and decorations on your pottery using all natural materials. And I will also be taking your pottery related questions live. Here are the 6 items I will be discussing: - Colored clay slips - Organic paint - Oxidized black mineral paint - Reduced black mineral paint - Lead glaze paint - Red mineral paint My online masterclass "Natural Pottery Paints, Slips & Pigments" can be found here https://ancientpottery.how/courses/natural-pottery-paints-slips-and-pigments/ 🔗 LINKS John Olsen's Go Fund Me https://gofund.me/4b14d31a Southwest Kiln Conference - https://www.swkiln.com/ Lead glaze paint - https://youtu.be/DRCrKcaNBD0 Oxidized mineral paint - https://youtu.be/Dqp8ePhg7Wk Organic paint - https://youtu.be/6UjO_W85So0 Clay slips - https://youtu.be/FGj-hyKZ8eM 0:00 Welcome, SW Kiln Conference, John Olsen Go Fund Me 4:39 Upcoming workshops 5:37 How to find white clay in the wilds? 8:06 Red clay with 1/3 temper still cracking 9:20 Using granite as temper in clay 10:55 What is the maximum clay shrinkage you would use? 11:16 Decorating pottery with colored slips 16:32 Decorating with reduced iron paint 22:02 Can you paint and then re-fire an already fired pot? 22:34 Decorating with red mineral paint 28:47 Were any other minerals used to make other colors like blue or green? 30:27 How did they seal pots for long term storage? 31:09 Can you use organic paint applied to something other than a slip? 32:12 Can any plant resin work as a paint binder? 32:47 Do you have to process red ochre before use as a paint? 34:33 How to get a black semi-mirror finish? 35:16 Decorating with glaze paint 40:50 Oxidized black mineral paint 46:40 What did the ancients use for lids on pottery? 49:00 What happens if you use 100% copper paint? 52:44 Decorating pottery with organic paint 58:38 Mineral paint with no fixative (mechanical fixative) 👨🏼‍💻 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpott... T shirts and other merch - andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-sp... 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

People ask Google questions about ancient pottery every single day. In this video I answer the 14 most popular ancient pottery questions. 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ 0:00 Why was ancient pottery important? 0:39 How did they make pottery in ancient times? 1:04 How to date ancient pottery? 1:44 How was ancient pottery fired? 2:21 How to identify ancient pottery? 2:54 How to authenticate ancient pottery? 3:24 Why is ancient pottery a magnetic time capsule? 4:25 What is ancient pottery? 4:43 What is ancient pottery called? 5:33 What was ancient pottery used for? 5:50 What is polychrome pottery? 6:30 Where is the ancient pottery? 6:52 What can we learn from the decorations on ancient pottery? 7:25 When was ancient pottery invented? ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

You can make beautiful and functional pottery at home using just your hands and simple tools. This video will take you from a lump of clay to a finished, usable mug using only tools you have at your house or can easily buy at a nearby store. Hand built pottery is made without the use of a potters wheel but in this case I have taken it a step farther using only a knife, a gift card and a spoon to form a mug. Afterwards I fire this mug in my yard without a kiln using a few bricks and charcoal. Fire pottery without a kiln https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxjk09ZJzrlsyEo-ickFHnMDwQBT1HP5b Learn more about coil pottery making in my online masterclass https://ancientpottery.how/courses/coil-and-scrape-pottery/ 🏺 My students and I make pottery together over Zoom every Wednesday evening. Please consider joining us https://ancientpottery.how/ancient-potters-club/ 0:00 Why hand-build pottery at home 0:35 Coil building a mug at home 3:28 Attaching a mug handle with the rivet method 4:35 Smoothing and polishing the mug 6:40 Painting designs on the mug 7:30 Firing pottery at home without a kiln 9:11 Sealing the mug 9:54 Testing the sealing and using the mug ❤️ Please help support my channel Channel membership https://www.youtube.com/c/ancientpottery/join T shirts and other merch - https://andy-wards-ancient-pottery.creator-spring.com/ 🛍 Shop for pottery related goodies Classes, tools and pottery are available at my online store: https://ancientpottery.how/shop/ 📚 Improve your pottery skills Check out my in-person pottery workshops and online masterclasses to improve your pottery making skills. https://ancientpottery.how/classes/ ⭐️ Social media Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andywardpottery Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/ancientpottery/ 📬 Send me mail Andy Ward PO Box 43601 Tucson, AZ 85733 As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.