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Coil building pottery is a process, this video tel

Coil building pottery is a process, this video tells the story of one coil of clay and all of the steps involved in integrating that one coil into the overall pot. Do these steps, then repeat as necessary until the pot rises to the desired size.

#coilpottery #coilbuilding #handbuilding #pottery #makingpottery

Ancient Southwestern bowls with black on white dec

Ancient Southwestern bowls with black on white decorations on the inside. The types here are; Mimbres Black on White, Pinto Polychrome, Show Low Polychrome (a weird type that might also by typed Pinedale Poly), Kwakina Polychrome, Walnut Black on White, Huerigos Polychrome (a blurry picture but it's quite a rare type and decorated bowls are not common in Casas Grandes types), and Snowflake Black on White. Black on white bowls were so important to so many cultures across centuries that it is strange that they went out of style eventually and by the time of European contact there were very few black on white pots being made in the Southwest. #southwestpottery #ancientpottery #decoratedpottery

Here I answer my most frequently asked questions a

Here I answer my most frequently asked questions about wild clay. What is wild clay? What does clay look like in nature? And where can I dig clay? All answered out in the field while I am finding and collecting clay. Do you have more questions about wild clay? Ask them in the comments and I will answer them.

#wildclay #diggingclay #findingclay #outdooradventures #artfromearth

Today’s clay expedition took me along the US/Mexic

Today’s clay expedition took me along the US/Mexican border and into New Mexico. I don’t know if I found exactly what I was looking for but I did find a few different clays and some other cool stuff. #wildclay #arizona #newmexico

Pottery was developed by different cultures around

Pottery was developed by different cultures around the world and your ancestors likely made pottery using primitive methods just as mine did. Don't let these ancient pottery methods die out, primitive pottery can connect us to the earth and to the past in a meaningful way.

#ancientpottery #primitivepottery #humanhistory #pottery #handbuilding

New YouTube video today, everything you need to kn

New YouTube video today, everything you need to know to get started in pottery with very little money. In the video I make this bowl from dirt through finished usable pottery.

#pottery #cornflakes #youtubevideo

Our wild clay expedition at the kiln conference la

Our wild clay expedition at the kiln conference last October. I like to dress up for these things, so I was the most dapper person digging clay that day. I didn’t get a count but there were a lot of folks out there collecting clay to take home. A really nice souvenir from the Gila valley. #wildclay

As discussed in last week's livestream, all over s

As discussed in last week's livestream, all over smudged black pottery such as San Ildefonso and Santa Clara Pueblos are famous for today, has a long history in the Southwest. Pictured here are examples of Aztec Black (first two photos) from northern New Mexico and Ramos Black (last three photos) from northern Chihuahua. Made hundreds of miles apart, these are the only two types of prehistoric all over smudged pottery in the Southwest that I am aware of. When Stephen Lekson was making the case that the elites from Aztec migrated to Casas Grandes I think he might have missed this, but it seems like a huge smoking gun to me. I have another livestream on YouTube tomorrow, join us for more discussion about ancient pottery worldwide.

#ancientpottery #nativeamericanpottery #southwesternpottery #blackware

I had to make six identical coiled pots for an exp

I had to make six identical coiled pots for an experiment recently. No time to waste, because coil building is not a fast process I had to work quickly to get them all made.

#coilbuilding #handbuildingwithclay #pottery #potterslife #wildclaypottery

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