I Made This Mug Using Just Dirt, Here's How

[@AncientPottery]

Welcome primitive pottery newbies. Dip your feet in the shallow end of the pool with this video "Primitive Pottery for Beginners" kzbin.info/www/bejne/kICqiYulnJeGask

[@michaelcaplan1589]

I'm sharing your videos with my Materials Science and Engineering class this semester. Their next homework assignment is to find clay near their homes. Thank you!

[@AncientPottery]

Awesome, I am glad to be able to maybe inspire some young people. Thanks!

[@catherinegrace7999]

😎 I'm the girl that would've loved your class ! Very few of us were taking them in 70's & 80's but ⭐️thankfully times have changed

[@harlemsar]

This video is what humans are supposed to bring to the world, just sharing knowledge with love and happiness, Thank you very much, i have watched your videos since a long time ago, but i will set my fears aside and will start tomorrow.

[@llanitedave]

I love that time lapse of the expanding clay slip. Almost like a flower opening up to bloom!

[@AncientPottery]

You can really see the expansiveness of the clay that way.

[@nom_b]

I was gonna say how cool that looked too. Now I'll have to think up another comment. 😀

[@jegathusingh3482]

You definitely own the best pottery video in the whole of KZbin

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@Gurlokien]

Right

[@jodilea144]

I really enjoyed seeing the entire process, from collecting materials to finished mug. Very cool! 🙂

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@novemberecho3807]

I like the rough look of the paint. To my notion it suits it. But I like the more rustic style of things. Love watching your videos 😊

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks 👍

[@YeshuaIsTheTruth]

This channel is such a goldmine. I wanted to get into pottery at one point in time but thought i needed to make an underground fire pit or have a kiln. This is the clearest direction ive ever seen on the topic of primitive pottery as well.

[@efethecaptain6]

I started making pottery after finding some encouragement from your videos. I made myself a handful of vases and mugs using these really basic methods. I'll be honest, pinching method is for experienced potters I assume, it was really challenging, pinching it to the right thickness, rolling another coil properly, balancing the next coil on top, connecting the next one and the next one and making it seamless... I was much more successful rolling out the clay dough with a rolling pin and cutting rectangular slabs. (Or you can slap it to make the slab.) A mug can be finished in 3-connection steps; base, slab body/wall and the handle. Anyway, have a great one, I'll always be grateful. 😇 Love your videos.

[@AncientPottery]

While slab building is easier for beginners, it can pay to improve your coil building skills through practice because it will allow you to build more complex forms than slabs will. Thanks for watching.

[@oakmaiden2133]

Practice practice practice, coils are difficult!

[@sheilam4964]

That wakeup scene made me chuckle. 😆 Thx for doing this and sharing. 👍👍👍👍👍

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Prindlco]

The shot of you suiting up the liberty bibs was awesome!

[@AncientPottery]

Ha, thanks!

[@user-nil]

I really wish I had the same amount of skill in pottery as you

[@acavoxnegledajtelevizor401]

After watching him and other simullar chanels for 1+ year and try and fail by myself i'm learned a lot 🙂

[@AncientPottery]

It's just a matter of practice, I started out with no natural aptitude just like most people here.

[@SumKnight-iw4rw]

Great work. I took pottery in college. Now I’m teaching my teen pottery. Thank you.

[@woutervanderstichel7173]

One of your best videos so far, Andy. Thank you.

[@AncientPottery]

Thank you so much.

[@angeladazlich7145]

An enjoyable video Andy with helpful tips. And it was a hoot to see you wake up to the alarm lol

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks 👍

[@MrsYasha1984]

Wonderful! Thank you! I'll go sand and clay hunting with the children, and we'll make an adventure out of it. Fun nature experiment😊

[@AncientPottery]

Yes, really great activity to do with kids. Thanks!

[@judithwinner12]

I always enjoy your videos, Andy. Thank you for sharing your experience and teachings. I always learn something from your videos. ❤

[@AncientPottery]

Glad to provide a few minutes of enjoyable content. Thanks for your continued support of the channel.

[@michelesambiase3237]

Thank you sir from italy for your super interesting videos

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you like them!

[@alisonhenry820]

The little critter footprints in the dry creek bed 😍

[@alisonhenry820]

Or puddle, or whatever it is lol at 3:32, animal tracks 🤗

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

Perfect! that is a great video, the cactus Ferocactus Wislizenii Crest! I have that species of cactus growing in my collection now!! Love that tone! Thanks again, Andy!

[@AncientPottery]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

@@AncientPottery I invite you to witness my theory, or Hypothesis... Our new short is about the kill hole in Mimbres bowls. We have some experiments to run, but I think we are on to something!

[@AncientPottery]

@@markgibsons_SWpottery Very interesting, thanks

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

You covered a lot of territory in a short amount of time. It was nice to see the beginning to end format.

[@AncientPottery]

Yes there was a lot of ground to cover, thanks.

[@brittneygearheard5485]

Uuugghhhh its 1 am central and your videos have me ready to go dig in my yard and make clay! Hahhaha. I am SO glad I found your channel

[@AncientPottery]

Glad I could inspire you. It's morning now, get out there and collect some clay.

[@БРале]

Thank you so much! I definately must find time for making pottery! Your videos are getting me excited.

[@AncientPottery]

You can do it!

[@alfblack2]

very cool.

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@wendygirl317]

Thank you! Very informative:)

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@smashthereds414]

😂I loved choose your own adventure books, haven't thought about that in 40 years, thank you for the memories 👍👍.

[@AncientPottery]

Yeah I used to read the heck out of those books when I was a kid.

[@sallythompson5071]

It's really cool

[@rubenskiii]

Thanks for this video Andy, it is so satisfying to hold something you made, from raw material to end product you yourself did that. Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱!

[@AncientPottery]

Yes it is. Thanks!

[@AWS.]

i found your channel 3 days ago by accident and since then i'm absolutely hooked to your videos , love your work i hope some day i can make some pottery just like you

[@AncientPottery]

Awesome, welcome.

[@GuyDoohan]

Great video ! 👍

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@melefth]

I was cursing the soil in my field last week, as I tried to loosen it up to plant some garlic. "This is pure clay", I said to myself... So I'll be having a go at a mug as soon as we're allowed to light fires again (Nov 1, I think). Plenty of olive cuttings for the firing, some river sand in a bag I collected up on the mountain in August. All set! Thanks for your time, your knowledge and your enthusiasm--a fan from Greece.

[@joshuadelisle]

This is your best video yet. I won't be surprised if it goes viral. Well done 👍 the only thing I would have liked to see is making it water tight as it is porous as it is. Great video though. I would like to see more full concise tutorials on different wild clay pots for sure. Cheers J

[@LauraGarwood-p3w]

I have never seen handles done this way. I am going to try it!

[@AncientPottery]

Have fun!

[@marleneruddell9395]

Another great video Andy, always enjoy them, thank you 😊

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks, glad to hear it

[@amystevens9148]

THANK you so much i love your vids and they are super helpful

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you like them!

[@Lovelybudgieswithme]

nice video 👍

[@AncientPottery]

Thank you 👍

[@AlanDayley]

Nice result! Thanks for the demo.

[@AncientPottery]

You bet!

[@melissasperotto]

Thankyou for makes easy learn ceramic for all

[@AncientPottery]

You're welcome

[@clementramon8589]

Another good video. Like the designs on the mug. Thanks for sharing.

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you like them!

[@jasperrae4027]

Ive always had a curiousity and desire to try pottery but have lacked the funds to do a course/the timing never worked out. After watching this video last night, I scavenged the materials and now have a block of pottery clay waiting to be formed into a mug! So excited! Thank you!

[@mojavebohemian814]

Thanks

[@AncientPottery]

No problem

[@jlm17533]

I’m so glad I found your channel!! It’s so interesting to see how pottery used to be made!! I now want to try to make something this way. I’m from Canada so I’ll have to wait a bit until winters over to look for and collect the clay and sand !! Thank you for explaining it so clearly and sharing!! ❤ from Canada

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks, have fun!

[@InTheDreamRealm]

Awesome share darling... That was so cool... I loved this... Awesome my dear! 🌹🌹🌹

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@nishanthsd9165]

This video is wholesome. I like it

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@natecus4926]

Thanks for this great video!!

[@AncientPottery]

My pleasure!

[@noc8076]

Now I have another project for this summer.

[@zwitshr]

Awesome how you link to the other videos in the end in case somebody wants more info! I want to try it out too now!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks.

[@seanperkins4025]

You have a good channel, thanks for giving this information is such an easy way to study.

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you think so!

[@AIMsux2417]

So grateful for these quality videos 🙏 thank you for sharing

[@AncientPottery]

My pleasure!

[@LisaMarie.Stellaaa]

You are adorable and so knowledgeable! I have learned so much!

[@Raviolikid]

Nice video! I liked seeing the process from start to finish!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@guillermojacques6671]

As someone new to your channel, how did the native people glaze their mugs? Your videos are very interesting and informative.

[@AncientPottery]

They did not use glaze but they did seal their pottery in other ways. Watch this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYnbeWybhrVrn5osi=hvOSWCEHq1bv__rb

[@Timmyjg2004]

The production of your videos are soo good and have improved drastically! Sadly there's not more people interested ❤ Maybe you could try to make fun challenges or something to get people who aren't as interested to watch??

[@AncientPottery]

Thank you. My channel may not be huge but it is growing rapidly, I collected more than 6000 new subscribers in the past month so I am happy with that. I have done challenges a few times and the response has been not so great. Funny you should mention challenges because I was just thinking today that I would not do any more because of the response.

[@dorotheadiallo5790]

I really like the challenges! Please keep them up.

[@jrobbin24]

Videos like this other reason, people like me watch this channel. I really enjoy the formative and straightforward format.

[@javiersanchez2874]

Thx your video are dope. I actually have all the clay I will ever need in my back yard I’ll be trying this

[@chrisfritz6720]

Great info and great video!!!

[@AncientPottery]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bethanystallings1818]

Coolest thing ever! Thank you for sharing!

[@libbylandscape3560]

I just love your video’s, your presentation, and the amount of Good information you give. Thanks!

[@OriginalLacytoo]

Thank you for this video. I’ve been struggling with “score and slip” handles falling off during firing. I’m trying out your handle attaching method…fingers crossed!

[@AncientPottery]

You are welcome, it is a foolproof handle attachment method.

[@angelageorge1966]

I live in Northern Ireland and love your inspiring videos, its July and freezing here would love some of your high temperatures 🙂I have found some red clay and am going to make a mug for my cacao.

[@AncientPottery]

Sounds awesome, thanks.

[@SkyChild-ds8qs]

Hi! I’m obsessed with your channel and half way through making some tea cups! Do you have a video that you go over the process of scraping with the bone and rubbing with the stone more in depth? I feel like I’m not achieving the intended result haha.

[@AncientPottery]

I'm not sure if I do. I have a lot of build videos though so I may have covered it in more depth, I just can't remember (I'm getting old).

[@chialara5302]

Super helpful thank you!

[@Molusckoll]

Great stuff as always. Keep it up!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks, will do!

[@PointPerks-z8c]

god bless you man, this is exactly what i was looking for!

[@andiskene7346]

I want to take my kids out to find some clay. We love making fires and they might find this interesting.

[@AncientPottery]

It's a great activity for kids

[@amritdas9080]

awesome and thanks for sharing this earthen process btw i m a beginner inspired from u i tried to make a mug but i cant understand how much time will it take to firm up and ready for burning if u could help

[@AncientPottery]

The time it takes to dry depends on the temperature and relative humidity where you live.

[@notmypotato3730]

Amazing 😍

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks 🤗

[@ingridbond3432]

really nice

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks a lot

[@nellllo]

Amazing!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks!

[@americanmichigander]

I would really love to try this, but I live in a small apt just south of Cleveland. Not much room and nowhere for fire.

[@AncientPottery]

Where there's a will there's a way

[@AG-hx6qn]

Could you set this in a grill fire to set at all?? (I'm afraid of fires and was just wondering) thanks so much for this video. :)

[@AncientPottery]

Like a BBQ? Maybe but it needs to get a lot hotter than what food is cooked at.

[@oliviasoto5499]

Excellent video thank you. Great information and valuable content :)

[@padenpierry7364]

I’d love to see you fire a three jar Viking pitch kiln then using it to get pitch from birch bark and use that pitch to seal the inside of a earthenware water bottle 😊

[@padenpierry7364]

The three jars are a lid, bark holding jar with a small drain hole in the bottom and then a small catch jar. You burry the catch jar to ground level, place the bark jar on top, then place the lid on the bark jar. Use clay to seal the seams. Fire the entire stack and it will distil pitch into the catch jar.

[@AncientPottery]

We don't even have birch trees in Arizona.

[@kkvrami]

Love your videos btw!! Learning so much from you!

[@cristymenapace677]

These videos are awesome! Thank you so very much!❤️

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks for the video. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@AncientPottery]

You bet!

[@patrick_payan]

Andy out here living his best life. Fuck ya Andy.

[@AncientPottery]

Come on and live your best life too Patrick. I'll pick you up in the morning and we can go clay hunting together.

[@MrTallHead]

Can you fire foraged clay like this in a kiln, or would it be too hot?

[@AncientPottery]

Yes you can, see this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/opO5iYJ-hJqHqacsi=W72tnRtWVDIRW6FX

[@tatejohnson2036]

Awesome!!

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks!

[@redriverpost]

Cool video

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks

[@Zerel]

Hi Andy! I recently fired a few pieces made of clay from the backyard and it was a disaster. I used a "kiln" made up of old bricks and a galvanized bucket, and used lump charcoal as my fuel. When I checked the pottery, it was a jumble of pieces. Nothing survived. I'm assuming I didn't have enough temper, but the cross section of each of these broken shards was interesting to me. Each shard had a thin veneer of normal ceramic on the external bits, but the inside was jet black, very much carbonized. Do you think this disaster could have been caused by an overabundance of organic material left in the clay? The sheer darkness of the interior of these shards is something I've never seen in commercial clay before.

[@oakmaiden2133]

Gz on having a Hickman in your support group!

[@blueninety]

Hello, Andy I know it's not your chosen area, but have you done any videos on greek/roman pottery? I'm quite interested in those as well

[@AncientPottery]

Not really, I have touched on it a little in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3iyl4xqntOUg9ksi=qI5fE2-iBzEMbamX

[@LesterJennings-y7j]

Still love your channel

[@AncientPottery]

Thanks!

[@heidiankers108]

Hey Andy, thanks so.much ! loved hearing your local early birdsong! nit sounds i hear, here in NZ. a question, that beautiful cup is dreamy, thankyou, I will give it a go, but how vitrified is this for keeping water in? will it need a coaster on a wooden table?

[@AncientPottery]

It is definitely porous and will always weep a little water. There are a few different ways to seal earthenware like this.

[@rositaditrolio2610]

What are some ways to seal this so that it is waterproof? Thx!

[@PRAYINGMANTIS.]

once i'm done from high school and get my hands on clay, it's over for everyone

[@jellysiu4820]

Haha same here

[@SumNumber]

I think that mug looks rustic awesome ! :O)

[@billskinner623]

Wow! White Clay! If I found some of that, when I fired it, it would turn orange to pink to red. Got iron?

[@AncientPottery]

Yes, it is the same way around here, most light colored clays will not stay that way in a firing. The best whites I have found in my area are those that have decomposed from volcanic ash like that shown here. Thanks

[@amylynnjoneshomesteaditch]

How long does it the pottery have to be fired at 750 Celsius, for it to become ceramic? Thank you for your videos. ❤

[@AncientPottery]

You just need to get up to that temp, you don’t have to hold it there for any amount of time. Once it reaches that temp you can let it start to cool.

[@SmetadAnarkist]

Is the potters wheel a "recent" invention all things considered?

[@Gulogulo-nz8nm]

Well you could say it was, the potters wheels is an invention from the old world, it's believed the first potter wheels were created and used between 6000-4000 BC, pottery has been made since ever before that around 10000 BC or even before

[@AncientPottery]

It depends so much on the culture. The Romans used the potters wheel but the Anglo Saxons didn't. Here in the Americas the potters wheel didn't arrive until around 500 years ago.

[@wildartslearning]

Without sealing this in some way, will it sweat like a terracotta pot? I'd like to do this with our kid's workshops and I'm wondering about making bowls and mugs that are food safe. I am so excited to find your channel and will be using your instructional videos to prepare a workshop for our learning center!! I'll look through your other videos for something about sealing.

[@bagel5085]

Newbie here looking for some advice. I have tried to pit/wood fire my pieces just pinch pots and the like. They get up to temp glowing red and all that. They won't dissolve in water but they are really soft. As in easily broken between two fingers. If you squeeze it it crumbles like a prop glass or something. Any tips? Am I not getting hot enough? Also I have a small propane forge, can I fire in that instead?

[@AncientPottery]

Interesting, I have never had this experience but I have heard of others with this problem a few times. It might be that your clay requires higher temperatures to become harder or it might be that you have too much temper. Try a few experiments and see what you can find out.

[@Marrithegreat1]

Is temper the same thing as grog? Grog is what my pottery teacher called the sand and ground up pottery sherds added for stability.

[@boltsmcsteezey8287]

is there anything you can add to the clay to change the color? And would it still be food safe?

[@AncientPottery]

Maybe but I generally paint on a slip of watered down clay if I want to change the color like this kzbin.info/www/bejne/nouwhaN9fZd5Zs0si=WT2Rc_Tx-ptLsqDZ

[@darlatobin2240]

Fascinating!!! That mug is beautiful! Thanks for sharing! I have always wondered how clay pots hold water and not turn to mud. LOL. I assume the firing at the end keeps them dry forever??

[@AncientPottery]

Yes, high temperatures turn mud into ceramic which is permanent

[@Singularitygames141]

Hello Andy! I really enjoy watching your videos. They are always full of useful bits of information. You have inspired me, to try primitive pottery myself! However, I have a question regarding the use of coil building: Do you use a specific ratio, to determine the thickness of a coil, compared to the base of a pot? I am having a bit of trouble, with getting the right thickness for my coils, making them difficult to attach.

[@AncientPottery]

No, you can make really huge coils or really tiny ones, it just depends on what you are comfortable with. I usually make my coils about the size on my thumb or index finger.

[@dangolfishin]

Working on my first mug now. I'm just about ready to attach the handle. Not sure if I'll paint it or not. Do you make the bottom of your mugs concave at all? I've noticed all my commercial mugs have a slightly concave bottom, (from the outside), and then a little ridge around the outer circumference. Kinda makes for a little foot

[@petrapetrakoliou8979]

Very nice video, keep making these! If my clay is reasonnably wet, my new thing is to roughly grind it by hand and take out in the same time all the roots and pebbles that I can - but there still remains a few just like in the broken originals I find, sometimes they are so big, they practically go the whole way through the wall. Small roots don't seem to cause any problem. This may have been the easiest way to proceed wet clay without a sieve. Did the dog stay at home this time?

[@AncientPottery]

Sounds like a good process. I was near a busy road so I left the dog at home. Thanks

[@user-ve5ei2xe8h]

can you use charcoal powder or ash as paint as well?

[@vysakhak191]

Is beach sand acceptable as temper?

[@AncientPottery]

Beach sand can cause problems because it often has a lot of seashell pieces which are made of calcium. In the firing at temperatures over about 820 C calcium carbonate will turn to calcium oxide which will cause pops and spalls in the post when it becomes damp later. So if you use beach sand you will want to be careful to keep your firing temperatures below that point.

[@RomanAsh_Farms]

… 4:00 Correct me if I’m wrong, but 20% is a 5:1 ratio, not a 4:1 ratio.

[@AncientPottery]

No. A fraction and a ratio are very different. 1/5 is 20% but the ratio of that is not 5:1 but 4:1. 5 is the total number of parts in that ratio

[@RomanAsh_Farms]

@@AncientPottery Got it. 👍