Primitive Smudging 4 Ways

[@markgibsons_SWpottery]

Great pot! Decent smudge for sure! Great stuff!

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks 👍

[@DabblinDawn]

Hi Wes. I enjoyed your video. I invert the pot onto the combustibles, as you did with the two smaller pots. One thing I do which gets my pots a good smudge is I use dried pine needles and leaves as the combustibles. I think the resins, and other volatile oils in the organic material, make the smudge better (hotter so more carbon is released) as opposed to using shredded paper, which, admittedly, I have not tried. If you give it a try I’d love to see the results!🌻

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks for the info! I think loose dried leaves would be good. I never thought about the resins. Good idea.

[@willorocks]

Nice results that looks real neat!

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks, always a work in progress.

[@j.sanders4017]

Don't recall where I heard it, but I believe that dried pine-cones and/or pine-needles packed into the vessel also smudges well.

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Makes sense. Right now everything is wet in the forest.

[@angeladazlich7145]

Another great video Wes, I like to see the ways you adapt

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks. I'm glad it worked out. Not perfect but good enough.

[@angeladazlich7145]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 If you want perfect buy something plastic from Wal Mart lol. Give me natural beauty!

[@clementramon8589]

Good video Wes. Yeah I agree. Big pot still a keeper. Thank you for sharing.

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks for watching and for your comment!

[@jasongannon7676]

I tried a couple of weeks ago smugging, but didn't have good results. I will try what you did with slightly different techniques. I think you have helped me figure out some things.

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

I hope it works out. Practice doesn't make perfect in pottery but it definitely makes things better.

[@cliffordkelly5327]

Howdy Wes ! Great video as always & thanks for including your mistakes & victories , that we all can learn from ! I too want to make a “Dinwiddie” as well, bcuz I love those big round bowls & flared rims! Great paint job & I wouldn’t be so hard on myself for having fire clouds on the rims, from smudging, adds to the ancient look ! Great video all the way around ! Thanks for sharing, keep on potting & I’ll keep watching !

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

I always appreciate your comments. In the end I like the more ancient look too.

[@PanTings]

great experiment Wes🎉 very interesting to watch

[@PanTings]

oh i used to do smudging experiments with small items, it helps having more organic matter to burn as it increases the amount of unburnt carbon which deposits on surface in layers and makes it shinier

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks. I think it would also help to have very dry material that easily burned, like leaves.

[@PanTings]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 True

[@marleneruddell9395]

Thank you Wes, great video! Really enjoyed watching

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@stephenwalford774]

Unless that rim is not fully fired, I would call that a success.. Those clouds give it everything.. Lovely bowl

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks. I'm confident the first firing took care of the rim. Not everyone likes the clouds but we both do.

[@sandraleenerts6805]

That is a beautiful pot. Thank you for taking us through all the iterations to get there. This is not a suggestion, because I am just learning, but I wondered if you put wet sand or mud around the pot lip to seal in the organic matter, might that create the smudge you are looking for would the whole thing blow up? My Hostas hate heat, how do yours survive the fire and heat so close to them? I live in New Mexico, so there is that climate consideration, but they are fighting the good fight...

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks for watching. Sand or mud might seal it up but I would be concerned that the moisture would be absorbed by the clay and cause cracking or failure to fire completely on the rim.

[@sandraleenerts6805]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 Ah Yes, moisture...I hadn't considered this. Thank you for another consideration as I muck about in the clay!

[@llanitedave]

I love that black sheen! I've tried it once with a small bowl completely immersed in tamarisk needles, and l had a similar black finish. I want to do that again. Out of curiosity, I later refired that bowl in oxidation, and it went right back to its normal red color. Now I'm wondering how well that carbon seals the pores.

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

The black does not rub off but I really don't know whether it does much to seal up the pot. Was there a functional reason for smudging or was it purely aesthetic?

[@llanitedave]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 It was just to see if I could do it. I do like the look, though.

[@chrisinkansas8507]

Nice effort. Might just add less organic matl without the foil.

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Yes, I think you are right.

[@menrisch1903]

hey i love your hole spirit and your potteri is amazing i love it. Can you show how you use all your work in your Home i mean how you can use it and make a viedeo out of it? greetings

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks, I like getting suggestions for future videos Can you tell me more of what you are asking? I'm not sure I understand.

[@menrisch1903]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 Just how you also use it to store flour or something in a way like your coking video. Thanks for your quick answer. Nice Day and greetings

[@cliffordkelly5327]

Howdy again Wes ! Say, how big a diameter on that “Dinwiddie” ?!

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

The outside diameter is about 10 inches

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

BTW - it is not intentionally Dinwiddie. I saw a design I liked and thought it would look ok with a white band in the middle of red. This is all mineral paint and I don't know if Dinwiddie is organic or not.

[@cliffordkelly5327]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 Howdy again & thanks for letting me know ! It’s still a great bowl , I’m sure ANYBODY, would like to be th proud owner of a “Wes” bowl/ jar/ pot !!

[@mihailvormittag6211]

👍

[@airstreamwanderings3683]

Thanks, have a great day.

[@mihailvormittag6211]

@@airstreamwanderings3683 A nice day to you too!