How To Find Natural Pigments For Pottery

[@AncientPottery]

To learn more about natural pigments including how to process it and apply it to your pottery, check out this playlist on the subject kzbin.info/aero/PLxjk09ZJzrlvtM-FCcmX97pOJHP2zxAXy

[@Azsweettea]

this channel is so good and has helped me in every aspect of learning this new hobby im finding myself falling in love with

[@AncientPottery]

That is awesome!

[@Suburbanstoneage]

Drone views look great, and thanks for speaking to respecting locked fences and signs.

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you enjoyed it. The last thing I want is a run in with an angry rancher.

[@suzanne9695]

Finding your channel is such a blessing! A true treasure trove of info, thank you!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks a lot!

[@QuailCanyonAnthropolgy]

Great information. Enjoyed the landscape! I have found that dark purple hematite and I love the dark strawberry color it gives in an oxidation firing! Look forward to more! Thank you for your hard work, even though it may be enjoyable!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks, it's one day filming in the field for every two days chained to my desk. I do love getting out though and I am fortunate to live in southern Arizona so I can do that in January.

[@llanitedave]

Mindat is a great resource. I've used it at work on occasion, and I've got several ideas on where to use it locally.

[@AncientPottery]

It really is! Thanks

[@LibertyBooksAZ]

Just found your channel & website this morning! Fellow SE AZonan here, always on the lookout for new hobbies that me & the grandkids can mess with. Crazy that I never ran across your stuff before! Thanks for all you're doing.

[@AncientPottery]

Welcome! Where are you located if you don't mind saying?

[@LibertyBooksAZ]

@@AncientPottery Cochise County

[@SlytigerSurvival]

Your channel shall prospereth. Excellent info and contenteth.

[@AncientPottery]

Thanketh you!

[@BecauseHeLovedMe1st]

Recently found a geologist who teaches pottery here on yt. Haven't heard many yet, except you. Thank you 💗 He's at Washington Street Studios.

[@AncientPottery]

Oh, I've seen that guy before. I'm not nearly as scientific as he is, but I respect what he's doing.

[@BecauseHeLovedMe1st]

@@AncientPottery Lol... he's definitely way over my head, but I enjoy anything I can glean from him. Thank you 💗

[@jeffreyconnell8410]

Thank you Andy, this was really useful info. I have run into mindat before in my own searches, but never understood how much info can be found there. It's worth mentioning that almost all the pigments we use, are oxides of iron. Those two black stones may very well be manganese, but if you're getting a black/brown paint straight from grinding those, it's more likely to be Magnetite...which is also an oxide of iron and makes a black/brown paint. With manganese, you're looking for pyrolusite...the dioxide of manganese. That's the one that will adhere to alumina, (clay) at temp and retain it's color. The yellow pile of rock you're sitting on, is limonite and can be gold bearing. Next time you go out there take a gold pan with you! Thanks again, Andy. Great job! 👍

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks for the more detailed geology information. When I say manganese, I am really just shortening "manganese dioxide" which is what I use for black paint in an oxidizing fire. Much of that country is taken up with mining claims, so if I wanted to pan gold I would need to first make sure I wasn't on someone's claim first.

[@dinkylawler3314]

Andy, thank you so much for your videos. They are amazingly done and a fantastic source as I start my journey.

[@AncientPottery]

You are very welcome

[@GrannyGooseOnYouTube]

Just what I've been waiting for....WooHoooo! If I were a larger person I would pick you up and spin you around. Now I know how to actually USE the Mindat site. Thanks Andy!!!

[@AncientPottery]

Glad to help you out. Now get out there and find some rocks!

[@stephenwalford774]

Great video footage Andy..This journey of ancient pottery is taking me places i would never have thought off ..now scouring mining sites on the internet...onwards i go !

[@AncientPottery]

Good deal, I'm sure you will have fun looking for minerals.

[@marioncodner]

I learn so much from you even the distance! Would love to see more videos of this kind, in which you identify the minerals and colors! Thanks so much for sharing with such generosity!

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

This video really got me aching to get out and dig in the dirt. Its nice that in AZ the land is more open and not covered with dense vegetation so you can see what is going on. Great content as always.

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks. Yes at least we can see the ground in most places without much effort.

[@Adriaanthecrafter]

I was lucky to find both red ochre/and or/ hematite in my garden as well as manganese

[@AncientPottery]

Wow, score!

[@marciacunningham5877]

There is a red volcanic cinder mine west of Santa Fe. I wonder if this would make a good glaze since it is basically, I believe, glass. I suppose it might require a pretty high firing. Michael

[@AncientPottery]

I don't know but I would assume the temp required to melt volcanic cinders would be extremely high

[@baidarkaguy]

This is awesome. Used Google maps to find red dirt a few months ago for a different reason. Clay wasn't even on my mind at the time. Went to a large red spot and didn't find what I was after. However, after days of watching your videos, I think it's probably red clay. Had large cracks in it and looked like surface of mars, not one plant growing in it. Add the basalt rocks to complete the other world look. Anyway, going to try to get back out there before long to gather some up for testing for pottery. Do you think that it would stay red once fired? Or maybe black even depending on oxidation or reduction firing?

[@AncientPottery]

Most red clay will fire red. This sounds like a promising place

[@wcouch8]

I watch all your videos. You are a fantastic teacher. Do you write the long/lat on your collection baggies to refind the spot or other way to get back to the same spot, just in case love it and want more?

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks! I actually have a shortcut for remembering the exact location. I always take a photo of the minerals with my smart phone, it automatically records the lat and long of each photo in the meta data for pictures. Then if I want to go back and need help remembering where it was I can just look in my photos collection.

[@Suburbanstoneage]

@@AncientPottery This is a good tip. Do you worry about people at large accessing the metadata too? Wasn't sure if it is a security thing. Thanks!

[@AncientPottery]

@@Suburbanstoneage Facebook and Instagram strip this metadata out when you upload photos. So there’s no way anybody could access that from my photos unless they had access to my computer or phone.

[@bondpaz]

Reminds me of Bisbee colors. Az is so beautiful! This is so awesome!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks, yes it is.

[@censusgary]

It’s interesting that some minerals show a different color in a “streak test” (scraping the stone on something hard) than the color of the outside of the rock. I think this is mostly due to weathering of the outside surface.

[@AncientPottery]

Yes it is and further, the color it is now may not be the same color after firing.

[@alyxlessthan3]

Great video Andy as always. When your out on your walks have you ever had an encounter with wild animals? Close encounters with snakes?

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks! Yes, many times. I was bit by a rattlesnake when I was 14 and had to spend the night in the hospital. Most wild animals are terrified of humans and at this time of year the snakes are sleeping.

[@dorinases]

Thank you so much !

[@AncientPottery]

You're welcome!

[@kobusvanzyl7222]

Great videos and good information, thanks.

[@AncientPottery]

You’re welcome

[@tammyandkiki]

Wonderful!

[@AncientPottery]

Many thanks!

[@altonparr747]

having fun !

[@tonsteineglasuren1323]

Verry interresting this Mineral Map i am From Austria and i find ah Lot in my location thanks verry much ❤️

[@AncientPottery]

I'm glad it helped, have fun finding minerals!

[@papmasterOST]

Good morning thank you Andy 💯

[@AncientPottery]

Good morning!

[@papmasterOST]

@@AncientPottery I reside in Tucson, Arizona.

[@AncientPottery]

Hey neighbor! I still have opening in my March mug workshop taught at Fort Lowell Park.

[@bigbranch1]

Really enjoyed the adventure.....🙂

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks Allen!

[@manchitas3531]

In some states, you need a permit to collect out in the field, mind!

[@Javaman92]

Am I correct in thinking that if I go out and find a rock that is soft and gives me a color I find pleasing, I can use it? I'm in upstate NY, on the shore of Lake Ontario. Maps of this area are probably going to show tree cover. What would you do if you lived here?

[@AncientPottery]

Yes, any soft rock can be used if it has clay added to it to stabilize it. Also keep in mind that it may fire a different color than it starts out. Try Mindat.org it is a great resource for finding things even if there is tree cover.

[@jonathanellis8921]

I live in Pennsylvania and there is a few areas that have sandstone with really intense yellows and oranges. Do you think this would work for making pigments or maybe even grog?

[@AncientPottery]

Could be, only experience can answer that question for sure.

[@ckmbyrnes]

Other than for painting pottery, can the natural pigments be worked into the clay, either as a power or as temper, to change the color of the fired clay?

[@AncientPottery]

Sure but you are going to use a LOT more pigment that way. It is much more efficient to only apply it to the outside, especially when you are collecting and processing it by hand.

[@ChartAction]

this is so cool

[@andrewdunton6304]

Amazing

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@holyngrace7806]

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[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@holyngrace7806]

Just realized how limited my comment was; I do appreciate your videos very much as time decades ago, I got into pottery through school but am keen to develop some skill. Hence, I am listening closely to your advice. Thank you, therefore, for sharing!@@AncientPottery

[@bje2920]

Great video I found something that looks like red clay I tried to use it as paint but it will not stick to the clay no matter what I do to it do you have any ideas what it's can be ?

[@AncientPottery]

I don't know, does it feel slippery like clay when wet? I guess it's not clay, maybe you could mix it with some clay to make it work if it is a desirable color.

[@censusgary]

Is it legal to lock a gate to block access to public land?

[@AncientPottery]

Unfortunately yes. If the road to public land crosses private land they can block it and it is a common problem here in Arizona.

[@notavideographer]

I guess a third tool would be OnX Hunt where you can check if a place is private property.

[@AncientPottery]

Yeah good tip, I do use onXhunt for that now but I hadn't discovered it yet when this video was made.

[@mihailvormittag6211]

👍

[@brianlucas7604]

How do you make the white slip. (Please don't say: walk in the snow,lol)

[@AncientPottery]

@@brianlucas7604 from white clay

[@chandramanik928]

It’s as like Stone or clay

[@AncientPottery]

It's a stone, but it is a very soft stone.

[@IIrandhandleII]

12:20 can I send you some bolt cutters as a donation to your channel?

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[@BecauseHeLovedMe1st]

Bummer on the locks, but most do it bc someone gave them good reason 😪

[@AncientPottery]

Or, often they just like too treat public land like their own private playground.

[@BecauseHeLovedMe1st]

@@AncientPottery many block rivers with downed trees to prevent passage of canoes and I'm not sure there's always a good reason, but when we block roads, here, it's to prevent drug users. Frustrating, but I can understand that reason.

[@Sheepdog1314]

...and mention should be made NOT TO TRESPASS on private property - these mines are owned by someone - I arrested plenty of people in a mine outside town which was for sale, totally ignoring the "don't trespass" signs - I caught them bringing 4-wheelers, ladders and tools, hacking away inside the shafts or on the outside walls...lawsuits will fly if someone gets hurt. Please don't suggest just going to a place and taking stuff.

[@AncientPottery]

The mines and property shown in this video are all on National Forest land and all of my activities were legal. If I were going to sneak in someplace I shouldn’t be I sure wouldn’t film it.

[@s1nningjezus207]

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