Primitive pottery 3: Firing pottery in a camp fire ⚱️

[@MakeItPrimitive]

Just a reminder: As always, this is a silent video with subtitles. Please turn on the video captions for my notes and comments.

[@butterflygroundhog]

you've got an amazing quality of clay and some great skills. I wish I could have your video editing skills

[@williamwhite9481]

They look so good! Im getting a bunch of firewood to try another firing. The last time I tried just the outer layer of the clay was just barely fired. It wasn't usable. I think I need to make the fire bigger and let it cook longer. Im definitely getting closer though. The first two times I tried I put the vessels in too soon and they blew up. This time there were only small cracks, so next time I'll go even slower and let it burn longer with a bigger bed if coals. Thanks for the video.

[@asilvestrandome]

I learned to make vessels with the same technique but but haven t fire them is one thing really want to try , may be next year. really nice videos.

[@marie-evebouchard5572]

Omg thaïs issu awesome!

[@Noniinthebush]

Hi, do you use temper?

[@MakeItPrimitive]

Not on the pieces in this video, but I have since started using it, because I want to build larger vessels. I found a source of brittle granite nearby that I grind up and mix into the clay. This will probably be on one of my next videos.

[@Noniinthebush]

@@MakeItPrimitive thank you so much for the reply 🙂

[@Noniinthebush]

I have shale near where I live, that could maybe make good temper. I’ll give it a go. I’m a beginner but I love the primitive way.

[@jzjzjzj]

nice lake

[@airforce9872]

What do you plan on using the sieve for?

[@MakeItPrimitive]

No plans at the moment. It just seemed like an interesting piece to try and a potentially useful tool to have. It works well, but I have some improvement ideas for the next version.

[@Noniinthebush]

Hi, do you use temper?