Good job. We have native clay here as well. I have a bowl that I made from the native clay that turned out quite well. I fired it buried in sawdust under a campfire. It did end up with a couple hairline cracks from me removing the hot bowl too early from the ashes of the firing fire. But it still holds liquid fine without leaking. I processed my clay about the same as you did here.
We got shouted out together (by Deranged Survival). Looks like great channel. My sister had a "clay mine" when we were kids. All out experiments ended in pretty crumbly pinch pots. With I could sent this vid to 6 year old me. -Carley
+The Last Grownup in the Woods Thanks for stopping by!! LOL! Mine didn't turn out when I was little either LOL! I love your channel name, I feel the same way. I will be checking out your videos this morning. Thanks again. -Red Shadow
I will like this series also. I wish we had decent clay where I am. We have a lot of limestone and that is not so good for clay to be used for pottery. If I could find an area with high acid soil (low limestone) then my chances for good clay would be better. Unfortunately just a good result from testing clay plasticity will not prevent getting bad clay that has limestone or other bad minerals in it that cause breakage even after firing.
+RB M I have read some stuff about salt minerals not being good for your pottery. The soil in my area is high acid. The natives had to of done something with the clay in your area? Anytime I find clay I get it and try it and have found many different types that work well. Thanks.
Its the natural limestone here, not the natives. The limestone lowers acidity to alkaline. Some areas though are high in acidity and those are the areas I need to find if I want good clay. I would just hate wasting time with bad clay.
No, I hope I didn't offend you. I meant the natives had to of made the clay usable somehow. I don't know for sure, just my thoughts. I have the up most respect for all native culture and the knowledge they have. I do agree that time wasted on bad clay is no fun, you know your area better than I do. Thanks, I enjoy communicating with you.
I use a few different things for dye, hickory, walnut and acorn hulls work for a lite to a dark brown dye. Sumac fruit makes a kind of pink. I just did a lot of experimenting with different plant part. Hope this helps you out. Thanks!!
I've got lots of white clay behind my house but as soon as it gets even a little wet its extremely sticky and breaks when folded or bent. I've added sand and crushed fired clay and nothing I've tried works to fix it.
+Rodger Parker I have had the same problem with a few different types in my area. If it is really sticky it's to wet, it might need to be strained to get most of the sand out if it wants to crack when bent. These methods have worked for me in most cases. I will be doing a video on the straining method soon, search purifying clay on youtube there are a few videos of the straining. Don't give you on the clay, take your time with it and experiment. I hope this helps you. Thanks.
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Love it!!! I'll enjoy this series as much as I did the tanning hides series.
+David West Thanks!!! I enjoyed making this one.
VERY cool video, Looking forward to the rest of the videos for this :) ~Dawn
+SouthPaw Bushcraft Thank you SouthPaw! I enjoyed making this series. Subbed you this morning and will be watching your video. -Red Shadow
Good job. We have native clay here as well. I have a bowl that I made from the native clay that turned out quite well. I fired it buried in sawdust under a campfire. It did end up with a couple hairline cracks from me removing the hot bowl too early from the ashes of the firing fire. But it still holds liquid fine without leaking. I processed my clay about the same as you did here.
+Far North Bushcraft And Survival Thanks!! I learned the hard way when I first started, I broke many many the same way. Patience.LOL!
We got shouted out together (by Deranged Survival). Looks like great channel.
My sister had a "clay mine" when we were kids. All out experiments ended in pretty crumbly pinch pots. With I could sent this vid to 6 year old me.
-Carley
+The Last Grownup in the Woods Thanks for stopping by!! LOL! Mine didn't turn out when I was little either LOL! I love your channel name, I feel the same way. I will be checking out your videos this morning. Thanks again. -Red Shadow
Interesting on the test thanks for the info Nice channel looking forward to cold weather when I can get caught up on my you tube watching
+cabotbluegill Thanks for stopping by, glad you enjoyed it. -Red Shadow
nice video mate, cheers
+Hps-Outdoors Thank you Hps!
I will like this series also. I wish we had decent clay where I am. We have a lot of limestone and that is not so good for clay to be used for pottery. If I could find an area with high acid soil (low limestone) then my chances for good clay would be better. Unfortunately just a good result from testing clay plasticity will not prevent getting bad clay that has limestone or other bad minerals in it that cause breakage even after firing.
+RB M I have read some stuff about salt minerals not being good for your pottery. The soil in my area is high acid. The natives had to of done something with the clay in your area? Anytime I find clay I get it and try it and have found many different types that work well. Thanks.
Its the natural limestone here, not the natives. The limestone lowers acidity to alkaline. Some areas though are high in acidity and those are the areas I need to find if I want good clay. I would just hate wasting time with bad clay.
No, I hope I didn't offend you. I meant the natives had to of made the clay usable somehow. I don't know for sure, just my thoughts. I have the up most respect for all native culture and the knowledge they have. I do agree that time wasted on bad clay is no fun, you know your area better than I do. Thanks, I enjoy communicating with you.
No offense. lol I think the Seminoles here like me would have to find some acidic soil so that the clay would be usable.
What are some primitive inks/dyes I could possibly make in Illinois, I live right outside of Chicago, and I'm new to primitive stuff I think it's cool
I use a few different things for dye, hickory, walnut and acorn hulls work for a lite to a dark brown dye. Sumac fruit makes a kind of pink. I just did a lot of experimenting with different plant part. Hope this helps you out. Thanks!!
if I did this right could I make a crock for fermenting foods?
Thanks for watching! I dont see why not, maybe a glaze on the inside would help, let me know how it works if you do it.
I've got lots of white clay behind my house but as soon as it gets even a little wet its extremely sticky and breaks when folded or bent. I've added sand and crushed fired clay and nothing I've tried works to fix it.
+Rodger Parker I have had the same problem with a few different types in my area. If it is really sticky it's to wet, it might need to be strained to get most of the sand out if it wants to crack when bent. These methods have worked for me in most cases. I will be doing a video on the straining method soon, search purifying clay on youtube there are a few videos of the straining. Don't give you on the clay, take your time with it and experiment. I hope this helps you. Thanks.
+River Valley Survival and Bushcraft thank you I'll look it up