Making a Replica Pot is Harder Than Just Making a Pot

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In which I make a Show Low Polychrome replica pot and learn some lessons along the way.
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@willorocks 3 ай бұрын

Turned out really nice! I really like this one and the results! Here's my two cents on that oxidization. I think your oxidization phenomenon was related to the prior days rain and moisture in the soil and possibly wood if you sourced from location. I've encountered this problem every time I fire after a storm. I've suspected steam or sap is involved as it's vaporized. A few of my older Sinagua firing vids are evidence of that. It can really alter the color, sometimes dramatically. I have yet to encounter it with dry ground and dry fuel.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Interesting thanks for the insight, I will keep an eye out for that now.

@ladyw6773 3 ай бұрын

I love that you're showing your struggle. We often think that because you've done this so much, you don't struggle like we do. It's nice to be reminded that we all struggle sometimes 😊

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thank you, there is still so much to learn.

@ladyw6773 3 ай бұрын

@@AncientPottery that is also an important lesson for working with clay, and in life. Always learning 😊

@markgibsons_SWpottery 3 ай бұрын

When we replicate, we make a few at a time, and then we come pretty close on one piece or another... I appreciate the dynamics either way... Last week we just messed up a mug 3 different times... it looked so easy, but when you dig in, you find out how intricate the mind of the ancients must have been... Great show and nice pots, Man! Really nice!!!

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thank you. They always seem more complicated once you begin than they seemed at first.

@nom_b 3 ай бұрын

I couldn't stop smiling after seeing your grandson. He is so adorable I got distracted, and I didn't listen to a word you said for a few minutes after the pictures. No wonder you didn't get any pottery done. I will have to re-watch the video and try not to get distracted the second time around. ☺

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

LOL, thanks, we think he's the best thing ever but we are a little biased.

@viriato8566 3 ай бұрын

@@AncientPotteryYou're supposed to be biased!😂

@dezertdrifter 3 ай бұрын

I recently fired two pots where the fire started more on one side and I got the same effect. I’m learning it’s challenging to get the fire started evenly. Thanks for the great video!

@Aspen7780 2 ай бұрын

The original makers would probably have had a hard time making an exact replica of their neighbor’s pots too. This is a good skills building exercise. I’m planning at some point trying to make a replica Tewa Biscuit or Wiyo ware. It’s the black carbon paint that I’m really struggling to get right. Great video! Your channel is awesome!

@noonenowhere6920 3 ай бұрын

Very nice. I like how you include the struggles you had. I'm the type of person who learns more from mistakes. I've been trying to make a Skull pot. I've failed a few times already but I'm still trying. It will be that much sweeter when I have success. Thanks for the inspiration.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Definitely, every time we fail we learn so your skull pot will all the better for the failed attempts when you get it

@marciacunningham5877 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful pots! Michael

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@TalRohan 3 ай бұрын

lovely work and great watching the process ..Inspiring stuff thankyou for sharing

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@Rockeberg 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful pots! I haven't tried making pottery before, but you are inspiring me to do it once I can source some native clay (it is snow and the ground is frozen here in Norway). I appreciate your videos!

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks, have fun

@TalRohan 3 ай бұрын

I found some in the basement crawlspace of a house I lived in once. Might be an option for you to play around with some while the weather turns...if your houses are built that way that is...

@Peppermintwindfarm 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! This is exactly what I needed. I’m struggling to apply the slipping and painting process … you’ve answered many of my questions here!

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Excellent, I am glad it was helpful.

@BubuH-cq6km 3 ай бұрын

🤣 😂 if my friend seen your tape measurer he'd be laughing and say "Yep that's Primitive all right I have a Digital One that Talks"

@randy-eb5kr 3 ай бұрын

Great video and beautiful pot

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@ChadZuberAdventures 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful work once again! I think outdoor pottery firing is never an exact science simply because we cannot control every single factor in the equation. BUT, you get about as close to perfect as is possible.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Chad. I love firing, it is fun with an element of the unexpected.

@Nickifoster-hl3ux 3 ай бұрын

Nice looking pot😊

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Dovid2000 3 ай бұрын

You're getting better at making these pots. Absolutely beautiful work!

@cetuspa 3 ай бұрын

Awesome. I love these pottery challenges

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🤗

@EricBlonquist 3 ай бұрын

It turned out beautiful!!! I had the same issues getting the rim right on mine, I spent as much time fiddling with the rim as it took to form the body.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Rims can be tough but are so very important

@arianematos1995 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful work❤

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot 😊

@bigbranch1 3 ай бұрын

Wonderful pots and another great video....Thank you.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@bigDbigDbigD 3 ай бұрын

Awesome work

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@richjageman3976 Ай бұрын

Replicas are much harder for me to make no matter what it is. Originals can look like anything but replicas have so many details that need to be met.

@Bunnyboop234 3 ай бұрын

THIS IS SO COOL

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks

@jseal21 3 ай бұрын

I love your videos, I do Raku which is a very different animal but we fight the never ending oxidation battle as well. Have you tried building a burm of dirt around the base of the fire to block wind penetration? I know air can and will get in but if you block the windward side at minimum it may help. Just a thought. Thanks for the cool content.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. I have experimented a little but blocking the wind seems to cause eddies in the lee side which are worse than the wind itself.

@jseal21 3 ай бұрын

@@AncientPottery Ahhh... Makes sense. Gotta wonder how they did it. Are you certain they didn't dig a pit? I've seen your videos about how certain tribes did but others have not left behind any trace of pits.

@petrapetrakoliou8979 3 ай бұрын

It seems logical to have a varying degree of oxydation in an open fire - in my experiments there is much more (but without cover sherds). If the originals don't have that, they may have been fired in some sort of kiln. You could check that by looking at the section of the sherds if they are uniformly coloured on not too thin examples.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

my goal is an even firing, although it is not always achieved, ever onward

@christdiedforoursins1467 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@coopart1 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! 👏 I like how you measured with a piece of straw 👍 gonna use that trick ! Only thing I can think of with the cracked micaceous clay sherds is they were to thin maybe? My experience with micaceous clay is it’s very resilient in open fire conditions but needs to be a little thicker the larger the piece. Just my thoughts !

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

I was sure they would work well, right up until I heard them crack when I raked the coals away. Could be better thicker though. I have another block of red mica from New Mexico Clay waiting to become cover sherds right now.

@angeladazlich7145 3 ай бұрын

A really good video, showing the process and the fixes. Just what junior replicators need to see, so thank you!

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@ileanaghione5720 3 ай бұрын

Bravo! La tua costanza è ammirevole ed è stata premiata da questi vasi stupendi!!! Io ho modellato e dipinto dei vasi copiati dal libro Pottery of the southwest, ma li ho cotti in un comune forno elettrico per ceramica…e il risultato non è proprio come il tuo! La mia città è Savona e con Albisola ha una antica tradizione di ceramica. Ciao e complimenti!

@angeladazlich7145 3 ай бұрын

Bongiorno Ileana, I am third generation Italian-American. Viva Italia.@@ileanaghione5720

@aysendeveci7757 3 ай бұрын

I really like ur all videos . Problem is I can’t find any staff in Turkey, which one u used. For example u used brush. Which kind of tree or whatever. Can u show. Thank u very much.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

Thanks. Are you asking what I made my paint brush from? Yucca leaves, see this video kzfaq.info/get/bejne/na-ffph6l9TMp6M.html

@fungustheclown666 3 ай бұрын

Hey! Sorry for asking an unrelated question, but when you are wet processing your clay and need to add grog/sand, do you add it 20 percent by weight or volume? If it's not being dried and powdered how does that change what "20 percent" means? I found some beautiful blue grey clay on the oregon coast and am processing it as per your instructions, hope to make some ollas or a trinket for my soil science professor as I gave him a specimen of the clay before it was processed :)

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

volume

@Atanar89 3 ай бұрын

I would love to participate but I have yet come up with a plan to steal Andys Ipad.

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

hey now!

@mihailvormittag6211 3 ай бұрын

👍

@askedgeorgia17 2 ай бұрын

Hi, do you think building a windbreak out of bricks in a circle then building your fire in the middle might help with the fire staying evenly hot?🥰

@AncientPottery 2 ай бұрын

no, a wind break causes eddies and worse problems.

@alessandramorales7836 Ай бұрын

Como ottengo el color rojo para quema con el fuego

@janewhite2331 3 ай бұрын

Do you ever use wind breaks so that you get a more even burn Andy?

@AncientPottery 3 ай бұрын

No, it doesn't work, you just get horrible eddies and worse results.

@mauvemoth569 3 ай бұрын

do you ever do styles outside of american historical? theres not a lot of good videos of like someone making jomon era replication without big cuts in the process