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Last December I saw this 700 year old Tanque Verde

Last December I saw this 700 year old Tanque Verde Red on Brown bowl at Agua Caliente park in Tucson. On my way home I found some brown clay on the side of the road nearby so I grabbed some. This is the result, not a perfect replica, but pretty good. Made from local clay and mineral paints and fired in an open outdoor pottery firing. #aguacalientepark #replicapottery #openpotteryfiring

Mixing up a fresh batch of clay. After I dry proce

Mixing up a fresh batch of clay. After I dry process my wild clay I add the water and knead it all together into a cohesive mass.

The trifecta of Salado Polychrome replication, org

The trifecta of Salado Polychrome replication, organic paint, red ochre and white smectite clay. The pot in the upper right is one of my recent replicas, on the upper left is an ancient Salado Cliff Polychrome bowl. This is what they were made with, the organic paint is what makes the black designs, the smectite clay is the only material that will turn that paint into black designs. And the red ochre is mixed with water and painted onto the pot then burnished into the still damp surface leaving the polished red areas. It's a lot of work to get right but oh so satisfying to pull a good replica put of the ashes of a pottery firing. I went over this process and talked in-depth about how to do it in my last YouTube livestream, Go watch that if you want to take a deep dive on how Salado Polychrome pottery is made.

Someone in my livestream asked about Mogollon smud

Someone in my livestream asked about Mogollon smudged corrugated pottery. So here it is.

I will be live-streaming on Youtube in about a hal

I will be live-streaming on Youtube in about a half hour to talk about Salado Polychrome and to answer your pottery questions.

The rare and elusive Tonto Polychrome mug, there a

The rare and elusive Tonto Polychrome mug, there aren't many of them around. But what were they used for? Drinking chocolate perhaps? I explore Hohokam and Salado chocolate consumption in my latest YouTube video.

Firing Hohokam pottery for my latest chocolate exp

Firing Hohokam pottery for my latest chocolate experiment. Watch my whole adventure on YouTube now.

#hohokam #primitivepottery #potteryfiring

Iron concretions like this are sometimes found aro

Iron concretions like this are sometimes found around clay beds and if they are soft enough can make good pottery paint. The Hopis have been iron like this as paint for centuries. This video will show you how they can be used.

I’ve been going to Eastern Arizona College to view

I’ve been going to Eastern Arizona College to view and photograph the Mills Collection for many years. But in January of 2025 I saw a pot I had never seen before, this little owl pot was sitting on a shelf it had not been seen on before. So last month we made this the monthly project for the Ancient Potters Club (that’s my weekly Zoom pottery class). Here’s the story of how I made the replica of the VIV Owl Pot in June. #owl #effigypot #polychromepottery

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