These look to be Navajo 50% and Apache 50%. In my young days I had seen both still in the wild. The wild ones are kinda dangerous in many ways. LOL! Nice pots, brother. Thank you for the lesson. I hope everyone who watches appreciates this as much as I do.
This is fantastic, thank you. Im just starting out harvesting clay off our land, we are in Colorado near the New Mexico border. My husband is a native of Santa Fe. He is really interested in doing primitive clay. thanks so much, we are watching all your videos!
Thanks for the information. I have some bonsai pots, made from local clay, that I'd like to fire and it looks like I could do this in my back yard. Great looking pots, by the way!
Looking good ..Nice clouds and the inside as well..saving some cash I mix up small lumps of wood and mix in the the charcoal.. temps seem to hold but burn time a bit less..
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 Yeah, my parents had a huge old cast iron stove and oven in their home, and the home was built back after the Civil War here in Pensylvainia. When I got older, we took the stove apart to sell it, and the fire bricks inside the oven looked the same as those bricks. They had those same single raised ridges on one side, so they would fit inside the virtical grooves in the stove bottom, so the bricks were tight against each other without gaps and would not move around.
Great video and amazing cloud textures. Impressive how such a simple kiln can achieve this result. Really want to try this now. Simple stupid question... Do you just light from the top with BBQ lighter liquid or start a wood fire on top? Thanks for sharing.
Hey Tony , I know you are about primitive making and firing, but watching this video made me want to suggest trying a cool Mayco glaze called peacock matte. It is a raku glaze. It ends up looking like intense fire clouds . Just a thought 🙂
They used them for cooking in, yes they made a woodland style pottery probably bringing it into the Southwest as they moved in over the last thousand years or so
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 I am doing my best to make it, but no guarantees... Just like talking about sites, styles of living in other parts of the ancient southwest, and possibly discuss some other So Cal subjects that are close to my heart.
Hi Tony. I have been firing with charcoal and today I reached Temps in about the low to mid 900 Celsius. Is this a normal expectation for charcoal firings?
Yes I think Andy Ward tried out his thermal gun on my set up at the kiln conference and it was 850 or 900. The ladies put an .06 cone in and melted if flat.
I should have scraped away the coals when I reached the high 800s, but we had a cool breeze blowing through and I was afraid they would break from thermal shock. I did have a few pots ring like bells, though, so overall, I am satisfied with how things worked out.
Hi Tony... I dont have a big convection oven. Would drying in strong sun for several days also effectively do? ps. : Ancient pottery is awesome... I love all your videos. Thanks for sharing.
you could also preheat it with just a bonfire outside but just don't put it directly on the fire, put beside of near it, or in some places they would smoke the pot dry first, just like smoking meat, put it far away from the fire but let the heat and smoke dry the pots.
You can do 350 to 400 F , it gets the moisture out of the pots so you don’t have to preheat with wood making your outdoor firing much longs which in some areas exposes nature to the chance of wild fires. I like to get my firing done asap
These look to be Navajo 50% and Apache 50%. In my young days I had seen both still in the wild. The wild ones are kinda dangerous in many ways. LOL! Nice pots, brother. Thank you for the lesson. I hope everyone who watches appreciates this as much as I do.
Great video, wonderful pots.
This is fantastic, thank you. Im just starting out harvesting clay off our land, we are in Colorado near the New Mexico border. My husband is a native of Santa Fe. He is really interested in doing primitive clay. thanks so much, we are watching all your videos!
Thank you.
Great to see....thanks for another interesting video....
Thanks for the information. I have some bonsai pots, made from local clay, that I'd like to fire and it looks like I could do this in my back yard.
Great looking pots, by the way!
Thank you so much for sharing! I really appreciate it.
Your videos of this sacred process have inspired me every time. Please come back for another season!
They turned out wonderfully 😊
I'm so happy to have found your channel! I really enjoy watching and gleaning knowledge from your expertise.
Very nice looking pots ! Nice fire clouds. Thanks as always for sharing
Sup Tony!!!Dang!!! Those look fire bro ..... super nice 👌 🔥 📛 👩🚒
Tony you continue to amaze me ✨️ well done.
Those turned out great and thanks for sharing. I am going to try that.
"look like a galaxy" :) nice! have a nice day!
Just another 'thank you' for inspiration!
Looking good ..Nice clouds and the inside as well..saving some cash I mix up small lumps of wood and mix in the the charcoal.. temps seem to hold but burn time a bit less..
Beautiful Pots...wow
Those bricks that you started out with look like the same types of fire bricks that you would find in a old cast iron stove oven.
The came with my mothers house next property over 50 years ago, they lined the garden, must have been 30 or more. Very odd shaped
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 Yeah, my parents had a huge old cast iron stove and oven in their home, and the home was built back after the Civil War here in Pensylvainia. When I got older, we took the stove apart to sell it, and the fire bricks inside the oven looked the same as those bricks. They had those same single raised ridges on one side, so they would fit inside the virtical grooves in the stove bottom, so the bricks were tight against each other without gaps and would not move around.
They are beautiful
Hey tony. I love your work. I’d love to see how your paddle and anvil supplies are made/sourced if you have the time
I make them, I could do a video
Great video and amazing cloud textures. Impressive how such a simple kiln can achieve this result. Really want to try this now.
Simple stupid question... Do you just light from the top with BBQ lighter liquid or start a wood fire on top? Thanks for sharing.
Yes I like to start from the top, you can use a bag of matchlite charcoal for the top, works really well . Thank you
good job!
Hey Tony , I know you are about primitive making and firing, but watching this video made me want to suggest trying a cool Mayco glaze called peacock matte. It is a raku glaze. It ends up looking like intense fire clouds . Just a thought 🙂
What is this style of pottery used for? I had no idea that navajo had a particular style.
They used them for cooking in, yes they made a woodland style pottery probably bringing it into the Southwest as they moved in over the last thousand years or so
Are you going to make it up here to New Mexico for the kiln conference? I have a feeling we have some things to talk about.
Not sure if I can make it, hope so. What’s on your mind? You can always email me , I’m on Instagram and Facebook a bit
Are you gonna be there
@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 I am doing my best to make it, but no guarantees... Just like talking about sites, styles of living in other parts of the ancient southwest, and possibly discuss some other So Cal subjects that are close to my heart.
Hi Tony. I have been firing with charcoal and today I reached Temps in about the low to mid 900 Celsius. Is this a normal expectation for charcoal firings?
Yes I think Andy Ward tried out his thermal gun on my set up at the kiln conference and it was 850 or 900. The ladies put an .06 cone in and melted if flat.
I should have scraped away the coals when I reached the high 800s, but we had a cool breeze blowing through and I was afraid they would break from thermal shock. I did have a few pots ring like bells, though, so overall, I am satisfied with how things worked out.
Nice video, it looks like a good way to fire. An unrelated question, with your black mineral paint, do you add a bit of clay, or bee weed?
I add a dark brown clay that is very fine and sticky
Would there be any problems doing this in a Chicago winter?
I would say make sure your bricks are dry😀
Aho
Hi Tony... I dont have a big convection oven. Would drying in strong sun for several days also effectively do?
ps. : Ancient pottery is awesome... I love all your videos. Thanks for sharing.
With this clay you could, most clays have to get past 350 to 400 F before you can ramp up the heat.
you could also preheat it with just a bonfire outside but just don't put it directly on the fire, put beside of near it, or in some places they would smoke the pot dry first, just like smoking meat, put it far away from the fire but let the heat and smoke dry the pots.
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Why did you do 500 degrees?
You can do 350 to 400 F , it gets the moisture out of the pots so you don’t have to preheat with wood making your outdoor firing much longs which in some areas exposes nature to the chance of wild fires. I like to get my firing done asap
Have you ever thrown rock salt on your pots during firing or Epsom salts and what was your result or tried copper sulfate
Years ago I tried a few times
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Tony, really nice work and video! thank you for sharing your skills and creations with us. i look forward to your next video.
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