“Clay... I’m sorry but I’m gonna have to let ya go” There. Clay is now fired😆

should have FULLY allowed clay articles to AIR DRY! slow moisture purge and evaporation. THEN fired. the remaining moisture in the clay caused your crackings!

Just a quick tip. Like you said, the only ones that broke were the coil pots. Thats probably because they weren't held together well. If you're doing coil, you have to use something called slip which is usually just clay mixed in water. It should be like a paste. You would use that as a glue to keep pieces together. More importantly, you made them as one coil. When doing coil, it should be done one coil at a time not just a long coil. That long coil prevents you from being able to score and slip then together. Scoring means putting marks in the clay so that the slip binds them together better. If you try that, it should prevent extreme cracks like yours was. Much love, someone who just finished his first semester in which he took a ceramics class. Hope that helped.

You're supposed to knead clay while wedging it. Throw it down then push forward and roll it up then repeat. Also slip and score the coils or they won't hold together and don't forget to pinch the coils together to bind them together.

*Art student screaming* You didn't Slip, Score, Seal!

It may have cooled too quickly, clay and glass firing equipment usually has fire-brick surrounding the firing area to insulate it, and let it cool way more slowly than the bbq cools... a bbq will be cool to the touch in a matter of an hour after the fire dies, where the fire-brick ovens that fire glass and ceramics will stay warm for much longer than that...

As someone who does ceramics and goes on the wheel a lot, your “wedging” drove me crazy

NO DONT FIRE ME I CAN HELP THE COMPANY!

You need to score it and use slip also try need in it differently

Mix negative x with thermite then add water

You should ask some tips for *Primitive Technology*

Neighbors: Hey, watcha grilling over there? King of Random: ...Clay...

Dude do some experiments with a laser

What happens if you put clay in a vacuum chamber?

Wheel Potter - Thoughts on clay cracks - All clay has a percentage of shrinkage when it dries and when it fires. this can be anywhere between 4% to 15% shrinkage. Depending on the size of a piece this can be very minimal (1/4") to over an inch worth of a difference. A piece that has thinner spots vs thicker spots will dry at different rates and change how the piece shrinks uniformly. If a part of the pot shrinks faster than another part, it will separate causing a crack. The Clay needs to dry slowly until it is ready to fire to help prevent cracking. Porcelain is a very fine clay with no grog, it is quite strong when fired, but it also shrinks the most because as it dries the clay particles pack together tighter. The more grog that is included the less shrinkage you will have. Primitive technology was able to quickly dry his pieces by a fire due to the large amount of grog and impurities in his clay that prevented the clay from shrinking so much. A method that I use to help dry slower is to place a bucket, or other solid container, upside down over the piece, on top of stilts to allow a small slit of airflow from the bottom. I've used popsicle sticks, or even 1" thick blocks to raise the upside down bucket a bit. This creates a sort of "damp box" that prevents the moisture from escaping too quickly. Depending on the gap in your bucket, you can extend the drying time up to a few weeks.

As a ceramics student I was going: AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! The entire time.

Please can you make a backyard kiln?

The clay is on fire 🔥

Your supposed to score and slip it

This video crushed my soul on so many levels. Internally yelling at how wrong some of these methods are

You guys should do glass blowing in the foundry

That clay has a wife and children! You can't fire him, he needs this job!

As a Potter I found it entertaining to watch this! I'd be curious to see an attempt at a proper pit fire and possible glazing!

Two things I notice. One was your wedging technique. You're supposed to toss it through a stretched wire or fishing line onto a table then knead to further work out any bubbles. The other was using plain water to get the coils to stick together. I was taught that you had to use a thin paste of clay and water known as "slip" to act as a glue for hand built pots. I hope this helps in future projects.

Make the clay and put it in liquid nitrogen, what will happen?

Can you put bubble wrap in vacuume

If you put food coloring in water and then put it in the distiller you used in a previous video and would the food coloring evaporate with it and land in the top or would it stay behind

Can you make paper from a tree?

You da Man Nate! Love the positive attitude! Keep up the good work!

COOL!!-Make a brick wall

You didn’t slip and score

Build a remote-controlled clay squishing device, put it in a vacuum chamber with a lump of clay, then squish the clay while under vacuum.

Make a brick wall

you should make a bow and cast some metal arrowheads! :)

Loving the regular uploads, Nat is doing an excellent job too!

I wonder if primitive technologys is watching this and is like “lol”

Nate, you're doing a great job. you're pleasant and easy to listen to, and your enthusiasm is evident. I would like to see more of Grant again, maybe more vids with the two of you together.

When I as in my ceramics class, my teacher always had us loosely place a plastic bag over our works to either keep them moist and workable for the next day, or to let them dry slowly. If you just leave them out in the open right after working them (probably like what you did), then they dry out and shrink too quickly and that's why they crack. When people say to let ceramics dry slowly, they mean REAL slow, like 2-4 days of slowly letting it dry out.

The Kings of Random another awesome video idea would be if you made a clay turn table for making pottery!!!

hey Kings random I think you should revisit this this project with a homemade clay wheel to throw the clay I feel like you'll have better results.

Can you make a silicone mold for the link sword from a previous video and cast some polyeurethane swords as gifts or maybe cast chocolate into it

Could you "wedge" clay in the vacuum tub?

That BBQ is 🔥!

I want to see a portable power bank or power station that you could use as a backup battery at home for when the power is out or if you want portable power. station.

Do it again please

Can you use the solar scorcher on clay to see if it will turn to pottery?

Clay: “First you throw me on the table, then you fire me... 😢😢😢 WHY??? What have a done???”

How would the homemade charcoal do in this? Was there a ratio of how much wood charcoal to use for how much of the charcoal here?

Can you fire clay with the Solar Scorcher?

You should try to melt down plastic and cast it into a mold

ohhh please do more ceramics! I would love to see if you could build a real in ground kiln in the backyard! also i would love to see more "survival prepper" type videos!

Another awesome video, thanks. You should try using your foundry from earlier videos for firing clay of modifying it. It would be cool if you could build a low cost kiln...

wedge the clay... more like beat up

I made a play button with my clay.

Thanks me and my little sister are learning to make and use clay in school and that will help a whole lot

I'm so glad you know clay terms

You forgot to score the clay before stacking it on itself, That’s probably why they cracked.

Make a dry ice bomb (this time with water inside) and put it in a fire and see if it extinguishes!!

THAT WAS LIT!!!!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

I feel like I’m in my ceramics class again just by watching this video

Ha nice idea

When will we see Grants *Big Project?*

I am actually in the middle of experimenting with clay. I was surprised to see this at the same time!

Hey I know you like the food and all, but Clay, YOU'RE FIRED MUWAHAHAHAHHAHA!!! So basically, yes, you can fire Clay in a BBQ.

Contact Primitive Technology

Love from India ❤🍻

MY PROBLEM, SO I HAVE A NICE Mayan replica CLAY VASE, it was long legs, when moving one of the legs broke, and disappeared, i been wanting to find a way to repair it.Any suggestions?

Well done a beautiful work 👍, and the most beautiful addition of translation,

MAKE A CLAY PAN 😀✌

I miss the deadly electronics projects :(

Cool experiment, I guess it did work if one of the survived. I've seen people dig a hole in the ground, put the clay pots in the hole and cover the hole with sticks and brush then light it on fire letting the ash slowly cover the clay pots. It seemed to work aswell

hello there.can you do like a video about high pressure water pipe and u install a turbine or a motor there where the high pressure water generates electric and it chargers the motors.(just a straight pipe of water in between install the turbine).thanks.from: Gaen Master

Next Make a pottery wheel!!!!!!!!!!!!!♥♥♥♥ and then the whole set will be completed !!!! XD

What happens if we boil gallium.

Thanks for the nice information.. I also want to know, whether you have glazed your bowls before heating? And second, can we heat our pots on gas also... Like putting in a slightly big aluminium rice type container on slow heat..?

I'm in intro to 3D art and I saw this and started watching it as I was working with clay

Jingle bells jingle bells jingle all the way oh whats fun to ride a horse completely made of clay

put the clay in a vaccum chamber before toasting it! Edit : I said toasting but i wanted to Say burning it

Ash is actually a flux and helps melt the clay particles during quarts conversion. add some sand as a filler to the clay to help with the shrinking and the "S" cracking. also, wedge the clay too to help consolidate the particles. If you guys want to use my Kiln to fire some of the clay you use, let me know!

I just watched that old Clay video yesterday and asked if you could make and fire casting molds! Lol

I love your vids

Where in the world has the king of random been?!

What happens if you put acetone with dried ice around it then pour alcohol and such into it?

The duke of random has arrived and is here to stay

This idea was lit 🔥

What happened to the main guy?

Nate - I have tiles that have been fired. I want to use ceramic paint to glaze them - can I do this in my gas grill?

"Mr. Clay dont fire me pls!"

You should make your own pottery glaze and use it with your DIY clay!

More clay videoes

You have the best videos!!!!!!!!! You are so cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dang ... You made a bowl ... Will wonders never cease ...

Collab with Primitive Technology?

Hello sir U are awsome.also the video that u made. U are great. Can u make security system that keep anyoone from room. Or can u make any shocking pen or like that for fun.

Living in a place that is pretty much always summer is probably great for doing experiments

"ignite the fire within" Oh hey he was prepared for this, huh?

I use a clay pot for an oil lamp

@PrimativeTechnology

I absolutely love this guy

Cool pots!