Burnt Ochre - (changing the color of a foraged pigment with heat)

Examples of how foraged clay and rock pigments can be changed with heat. I put my clay soils in a toaster oven, a bisque kiln, and a glaze kiln to test them. Burnt ochre pigments have been made by our artistic ancestors pretty much since the beginning of human's paint and art making.

[@AufEineRunde]

thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience 🌼

[@HannahIrene719]

Literally the coolest channel on KZbin!! I LOVE your videos! ❤

[@KJodiGear]

Thank you so much!

[@TracyIndy]

Thanks so much for sharing this. I learn something new each time I watch your videos.❤ 🙏

[@KJodiGear]

You are so welcome!

[@whatifitnt]

WOW!!! very interesting.... Thanks for sharing with us!

[@eaupoetique]

I love your experiments so much! Thanks for Sharing! ✨

[@KJodiGear]

Thank you!

[@jarlsoars1150]

Hence...Burnt Umber & Burnt Sienna. Love it.

[@KJodiGear]

Exactly!

[@k.elmaraghy1370]

Cool video.. would love to see you swatching and how pigments behave while wet and it behaves when applying different effects to it like charging and cauliflower effects

[@KJodiGear]

I will work on one! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@irissullivandaire6246]

Seriously cool.

[@mansellfinearts]

Do you offer teaching residencies? I’d fly out from our little island off the bottom of Australia just to learn everything!! 😍 also how do you code the stamping of your pigment sticks? Is there a standard to follow or just whatever makes sense to you?

[@KJodiGear]

The stamped letters on each stick are either abbreviations of the pigment names (I have given the foraged pigments), or a mix of the first letter or two of each pigment in the stick (for mixed pigments). I have given the pigments “place” names - usually nearby locations, because it helps me remember where I foraged them. (Place names for earth pigments are pretty traditional - like sienna and umber) I had hoped to teach a couple of afternoon intro to earth pigments workshops this year, but currently dealing with some fairly debilitating back pain ☹️ so those plans are on hold! Thanks for asking, though!

[@mansellfinearts]

Thank you for that information, I’m just getting into pigment making ❤ i hope you feel better soon and find some peace with your pain 🥰 if you do get to the point of taking on students or online classes, I’m in!!

[@paulvorndam580]

Have you read Mary Virginia Orna's book on pigments? Impressive lady.

[@KJodiGear]

I bought it right after the webinar! Steve thinks he might have met her, via all the chem ed people?

[@paulvorndam580]

@@KJodiGear Yes, she ran one of the BCCEs (at Clemson I believe) that several of us went to.

[@masonwelty8058]

Hi, I'm really interested in what you're doing! I'm working on producing completely self-made pottery (nothing purchased, only foraged and outdoor pit fired) and I'm looking for some pigments. My body clay is a beautiful red from Bozeman area, and I have some great yellow and red ochres from the Billings sandstone. I'm looking for manganese dioxide black and a clay-based white. Any ideas?

[@KJodiGear]

The clays I have found in pottery making amounts around here are pretty much all reds and red oranges. No black clay yet and only a very small pocket of white. I have decorated pots with magnetite paint I made with foraged magnetite. There is a book called “Wild Clay” that is co-authored by Matt Levy (and Hikomi and Takuro Shibata), Matt used to live in the bozeman area, in the book there is a photo of him standing next to a kaolin deposit near Cardwell, but I’m pretty sure that’s on private land. There seems to be a kaolin mining pit in that area. Hope you can find some - let me know if you find black!