The End of Summer (Thank Goodness) Fall Will Be Better
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- In which I work at decorating two bowls for the SW Kiln Conference and talk about my doings and the future plans for this channel.
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Keep the chalenges coming. Your historical context of each piece, the methodology of crafting, and the in depth experimentation of earth pigments is what makes these challenges fascinating and riveting.
Thanks, glad you are enjoying my videos.
Thank you. I collected a bucket full of clay on my property and finally feel like I don't have to "save" it like the small chunk I have been holding on to for almost a year! Your teaching is so inspiring! I think every other week is okay as I work full time.
You are welcome!
I always look forward to your videos Andy. Thanks for producing them. I have never participated in any of the challenges but I love watching the videos for them and suspect there may be many other people like me so don't be too discouraged about there success. They have so much good information in them both through what you say and what you do with your materials. I wish you continued success.
Thank you for the feedback. Glad you have enjoyed those videos, more to come.
I think more people do the challenges more than you think. You inspire learning and art . This is the best pottery channel for armature starters, and advanced potters. Dont let Lack of participation hinder this channel. We're just lazy. I built my kiln after your mud kiln , and use every one of my skills learned here. Love this channel . Best on CZcams for prehistoric pottery .
Those bowls look awesome! Can't wait to see the results! And really looking forward to seeing all the cool stuff you have planned! Good thing for cooler temps!
Sad to hear about the Pottery Challenge, I've really enjoyed participating in it. It has been a valuable source of learning for me with some of those unique shapes. I'm not sure I would have tried them if not for your challenge! Thanks so much for the shout out to my Owl Effigy Jar making! Thank you!!
Thanks for the feedback Will. I hope we can make a video together while the weather is cooler.
@@AncientPottery Yes!! I still need to think of a pot to make for that video too! Looking forward to that!
Those smothered black insides seem to be more highly polished because of their colour which highlites the brightness, not so much because they were burnished more. I wouldn't have the time myself to do those pottery challenges as I am too busy recreating the pots I find in archaeology when I have time, but I find those challenges exciting and the main interest of the spectators remains seeing you making them.
Thanks for adding your perspective. The black, smudged surfaces are actually more highly polished than any other pottery in this area. Although, you are also right that the color does highlight the polish well.
In all the years that I have peaked at Utube today is the only time that I have seen your channel. Pottery, I absolutely love what you create. When I was a kid we used to help my mother dig for clay, and she would make mostly Eagles or animals that held special symbolism for instance for the native peoples. She was an awesome artist, but she never knew about firing her work the way I have seen you show, and not being able to afford a kiln she just quit working with clay! I think your channel is great!
Thank you and welcome.
Congratulations on your CZcams milestone! You can hang your plaque on the wall behind you. Your videos have skyrocketed in quality (and I loved them to begin with) and your having more time to do them probably really helps. Your videos are totally worth the wait for an every second week schedule. Love your live streams. I love your Challenges, even though I haven't participated by making my own with you yet. Keep doing YOU, Andy. You're the best and we keep coming back for more.❤
Good advice! Thank you, there is a lot more to come.
Hi Andy..Glad your able to get back into the shop and create again..that heat must have been hard..for me the challenges are great and gives me inspiration to try different styles..im out on a limb over here ..yourself and handful of others on here are such a source of information, would not be possible with out you all...feel quite honoured you put a few of my pieces on the slide.. keep up the good work
I've been struggling to find somewhere to fire my pots so lost some enthusiasm with the challenges and pot-making in general but still really enjoyed the videos in the series. If you're looking for ideas for next season for something different, how about some design talks? I'd love to know more about what makes a design one culture and not another, the main features of each style, how to ID a cultural style, that kind of thing. Most books I've seen are either really expensive or really inaccessible for someone at my level. A monthly talk by someone as knowledgeable as you would be fascinating.
Thanks for the feedback and ideas. I haven't done much with designs before, maybe that is something I should think about.
If you can, please keep the challenge going. If not, I'll tackle 2023s bowls.They are amazing
Thanks for the feedback, I am considering what to do
Every other week is a relaxed pace and I think gives you more time to properly care about each vidya
Thank you for that.
Howdy Andy , I’m always glad to see a new video from you & I NEVER tire of seeing you put coil after coil on a pot/jar & I’ve also learned plenty from your firing setups & well executed firings ( high ring when thumped ! ) I’ve been sick & sluggish myself & it’s been hard to climb out of it , your challenges have been quite challenging & always a treat to see where you found your inspirations & videos you have made building them, just speaking for myself, I’m still struggling with the best clay mix & firing ( at home ) it’s been a long process to get this far , with small pots & jars , mostly unfired , I hope to catch up w/y’all , Congratulations on your 100,000 subscribers plaque , thats a trophy well worth having considering all the effort that you put into a subject worth videoing ! As always , a very great channel to watch that I have bragged on ,amidst my family ! Keep up the good work! 👍🏼🤠👍🏼
Thanks a lot Cliff!
We are working on Cibola White ware, and we were hoping that was the next challenge you did, so we challenge you to make 3 Cibola white ware styles with one being an olla! We are going to pitfire ours in reduction all at once! its a friendly challenge I am proposing right now!! Any potters that have an interest? Perhaps we could just hashtag them Andy Wards Ancient pottery challenge? We wanted to make all of your pots for both challenges, but we have orders, and shipments and garden and family, and work, so we could honestly say that we choose our pieces based on the time we have,... but we love the pottery challenges and hope it may be an option for anyone who reads this! Even if not official, I am taking it seriously!
Totally understandable, we all have life getting in the way of pottery. Thanks for your participation. I will take you up on that challenge, I am working on understanding Cibola White Ware anyway so making three pots won't even be hard.
I'm in for the Cibola whiteware!
I subscribe to your channel because I love watching videos about how complex and innovative prehistoric people were. I would never participate in your challenges, but insofar that you make a lot of cool pieces with associated history when you make them, I would be sad if they went away because you weren't inspired to otherwise make those pieces.
Thank you Andy, glad to hear you’re on the mend. To be honest I love watching your challengers as I learn the history and your choices are unusual and so interesting to see you create them. I’m still learning, so not able to join in yet. Being of European descent, and living in New Zealand, we are never introduced to any of this kind of pottery. I’m interested personally on learning to make ancient Celtic or European work, but there’s no one really doing teaching like you do specifically on that subject that I can find. So your methods are the closest thing to learning how any of the ancients went about creating pottery. So your resources are very much appreciated. Thank you again for all the effort you put into this subject. 😊
I am glad to hear that you are enjoying my videos. Maybe check out Potted History for info on recreating ancient British pottery www.youtube.com/@PottedHistory/featured
Thank you 😊
Congrats for getting the 123 456 subscribers! I wish you good health and good spirit, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you
Was in Phoenix about a week and a half ago and as a midwestern guy, the heat was absolutely unreal. (In unrelated news, I'm now ready for fall!) I appreciate you braving the heat for us! Can't wait to see what you record at the kiln conference!
I’m originally from West Texas, and I really enjoy your channel. It reminds me of home. I now live in Cincinnati, OH, and I’ve been thinking about finding and experimenting here with wild clay. I have found lots of pieces of hematite here that are polished smooth into facets, and I’m quite certain that they were used by local ancient people to create paint. Thanks for all your great content, and please keep it coming. Who knows, maybe I’ll travel out West and show up at one of your events. I hope you continue to heal and to feel better.
Thank you, I'll bet they did use that hematite. That's how it looks when they used it around here, all flattened and smoothed on one side.
I am originally from Arizona, now in Cincinnati! I would like more information on where to get wild clay in the Ohio valley. Do you have any information?
@@marythompson9952 Sort of - the Cincinnati (and southern Ohio) area is well known for its clay. That’s why Ohio potteries like Rookwood, Weller, Roseville, and McCoy dominated the art pottery industry. We are basically sitting on top of an Ordovician-age seabed with abundant clay deposits. I plan to ask friends who are landowners if I can use clay from their property, but you can also find wild clay in abundance along creek beds and road cuts.
@@kellydiver I got some from Trammel fossil park, but haven't tried to fire it yet. It's hard because there is not much public land in Ohio. I think I may see if a local gravel pit has any advice.
@@marythompson9952 As far as I know, you can take whatever you want from road cuts and roadside ditches. That’s where I’ve found good clay in the past. Just be sure to add some grog to strengthen it. Good luck!
Personally, I love the challenges! Always an interesting design and historical theory exploration. Keep up the great work!
Thank you, I appreciate your feedback
I absolutely loved the ancient pottery challenges! I started doing pottery last year and your channel has been one of my most watched. I subscribed after seeing the first video. I grew up in northern New Mexico but now live in Hawaii so watching you is one way I can connect with my southwest roots. I would love to see you continue with the challenges, but understand if you can’t and I’ll continue watching regardless. Best wishes my friend.
Thank you. I am glad I can provide a little of the Southwest to you across the Pacific.
I personally really like your "ancient pottery challenge" videos. No, I've never participated. And really i don't think most viewers will, just like most viewers of other channels participate in all the other "Challenge" videos on the Internet. Maybe a "build-along" project, where you do a series of "shorts" where you build a pot a coil or two at a time, in real time? Then move to decoration and firing?
I really enjoy your channel, keep up the good work!
Thanks for the feedback, I need to keep in mind that participation does not necessarily represent level of interest.
Im not in a place to participate in challenges, or even do any pottery at all. But, i love your videos and enjoy the context and history of the ancient pottery challenges.
Do what makes you happy!
It has been very hot this summer...the heat has been relentless. Where I am in SE AZ, it's been over 100F almost every day from mid June until early September. That's unbelievable for us. Lots of work on my place hasn't been done. Looking forward to more videos this fall when you get a chance. The kids love them. They are a history lesson and more.
Please don't stop the challenges! I've been collecting materials and honing my skills. I would definitely be disappointed.
P.S. It's called 'Pysanky'.
Dear Andy, I enjoy the challenges so much. I love the video about your trip to the places the pieces came from! Please do that again! I am not a potter but thanks to your inspiration I tried pottery for the first time and made most of the pieces. I struggle with instergram a lot. I think I managed to upload. But who knows? The videos in which you explain about the pieces and the history behind them and when you make, paint and fire them are my favorite ones. So please do continue with this format. I live far away, there is no one here who would understand this special interest of mine. It feels so good to know there are likeminded people out there. Best regards and thank you for all of your videos 💁
If you're using Safford clay, then you've clearly studied the pottery in the EAC displays.
I work at this college!
I am in awe of your work and very inspired to go exploring for native clays. ...apparently available right in my backyard!
There are tons of great clays in the Safford area, Safford is where I want to move if I can ever get out of Tucson. I have filmed videos in that area and even at EAC - czcams.com/video/faoCKNhnY6o/video.html We had the SW Kiln Conference at Discovery Park in 2015. Send me an email and I will send you a couple of good clay locations close by.
Been watching your channel for almost a month, I love your work, I never knew I liked pottery especially wild clay pottery❤❤❤
Thanks and welcome
im not a potter, i do fiber arts instead, bit i wanted to say i really enjoy seeing the ancient pottery challenge videos! however, if you are feeling demotivated then don't push yourself to do something you don't really want to
I used to make pottery when I lived in NM, now I am in AZ, wanting to get pack into it most likely to do to pit firing. I appreciate your videos, looking forward to cooler temps too!
I'm sorry you've been ill Andy. Please make sure you get enough rest! It is very easy to overdo it once you feel a bit better, but it can set you back badly. It's hard to rest when you are a busy and enthusiastic person.
Your challenges are so interesting, and I'm not even doing any pottery yet - I have collected clay and dream about having the time and energy! But I do wonder if challenging people to do up to 7 pots is a bit off-putting - that's a lot of time and materials for someone who has to work full-time at something else, for example.
Thank you for all your videos!
Nobody has to do all of them, do the ones you want and upload them to Instagram.
Tucson's summer was brutal this year. My veggie garden suffered. Love your vids!
Thanks. Hoping for some good weather this fall and winter.
Glad you are feeling better. I've been doing the 2023 Ancient Pottery challenges and then went back and did a few of the previous year's challenges (as FireHorse Designs). I also ventured into other cultures and made pots inspired by the Greeks, Etruscans, Peruvian etc. but you were my inspiration and motivation for my explorations.
Thanks Cheryl. Make sure you upload to Instagram with the hashtag #ancientpotterychallenge so I can find them and share them.
Really enjoyed watching you make those bowls. Looking forward to seeing them fired in Utah. Also it's good to hear you're feeling better. Tucson heat is a killer.
See you in a couple weeks, thanks!
I hope the SW Kiln conference comes back to AZ soon. Wold make it easier to go :)
Agreed. It is already scheduled for Cortez, Colorado next year, but after that it would be great to have it in Arizona again.
I love your content, thank you for continuing. I still haven't attempted anything with wild clay or paints but one day! I do a lot with natural fibers and flowers as well so my workbench looks sort of like yours. I'm just saying I feel you. If you ever want to hunt for a wild clay up near Carefree, AZ, I would love to join you.
Been a rough summer here in Dallas. Can't wait for more videos!
More to come! Thanks. Here's hoping for a mild winter and good health.
The information you have for each pot in a challenge is flippin awesome. So the challenges are important. What you need is participation. Ok….what about a 1 pot challenge. You wouldn’t even need to make it a replica. Just a pot or bowl, maybe a size, needs to be at least 5 inches across. Send a pic. I bet many of the people watching….( like me, ) have never even tried to make a pot. Then when the challenge is over( give everyone a time limit j. announce the winner. Whether it’s from a drawing or pull the name from a hat. Because it’s about getting participation. Then send a small “prize” maybe a colored pigment or a few paint brushes. Something small. I am a new subscriber to your channel. I have always wanted to work with clay. I will be retiring in early 2025, I plan on making a pot. I love the history also and will participate. Love your channel cheers
Thanks for the input, this is a good idea.
I’m always so impressed with your skill, Andy! You have inspired my ancient pottery journey which has just begun and I am looking forward to attempting your future challenges. I actually did the one coil challenge, and made the ladle, too. When you remake the masterclasses I hope to be among the first to enjoy their content. After watching a ton of your coil technique (and more) videos I put that skill to use. The excessive heat and blaring sun really effected the production of veg in my garden. So I decided to make ollas using the coil and scrap method you taught. So far I have 4 of the 10 completed. Now, I have to begin the surface firing.😅
Love your content!
Awesome, thanks. Keep working at it.
I have loved watching the challenges. But Im in Australia. Your channel was my introduction into clay (I dug my own clay, levigated it and pit fired a few coiled pots) but now I do modern pottery. Hasn't stopped me enjoying your amazing work though. Just a little simpler and also more social for me to go to my local pottery studio.
I for one, enjoy all of your content ! I really wanted to go to this year’s conference but not going to make it, glad your feeling better Andy. Thanks again for all the information and inspiration
Thanks Jeff, too bad, we will miss you this year.
I’ve enjoyed watching the challenges! I understand if you want to take a break, but I am not in a position to participate at the moment. Your videos are being archived in my mind for the future. I’m sorry you’ve had trouble with illness. I’m working on recovering from my second knee surgery in a month! I look forward to seeing what you come up with next.
Will O is a great channel, I sub'd based on your recommendation. BTW, your skill level is so high, I am a long way to go! Keep getting well, it just takes time.
Yes it is, he was at my house recently, and I sent him home with some good clay. Thanks.
Howdy from Payson! I found a huge dirt lot covered with cracked clay on top of a dried out puddle. No digging! Just pick it up! I’m building a pizza/bread oven. Then who knows....
That's great. I love Payson, used to live in Young back in the day. Have fun with that clay.
Hello and thank you for the channel. I have just discovered you and have been inspired to try pottery. The challenges are fun and interesting to watch, plus educational. I will try this IF I acquire some skills.ha I am at the "find clay-try to make something" stage. Sorry to hear you were not well and I am glad to hear you are better. Congratulations on your channel success.
Thank you. You will acquire skills if you keep practicing and don't give up when you meet with failure (which is inevitable).
Make an ancient polychrome CZcams play button for your next project (replica of course).
please keep the challenges coming, i just this last year discovered you and really want to learn how to make the ancient pottery. I am currently transitioning from low fire clay and glazes to the mid range clay and glazes after taking some college pottery courses. I have limited skills in the coiling and using pukas but I have tried a few and though very rough and primitive I am getting there. Your information is so good and I want to do what you do but I am still learning from you to really get ready to dive in. I am coming to the kiln conference at the end of this month and will see your demo and the other demos and this should help me greatly. So do not be discouraged that many are not making the challenges, we want to but life gets in the way.
Andy, I love your content. I'm clearing my garden schedule for the year, and thinking about experimenting with my abundant clay here in Maryland.
Have fun with the clay. Thanks
I'm enjoying watching you make the challenges. I only just found your channel and so I haven't been joining in. When I get up and running (I live on a boat so it takes some organising) I hope to join in more - though I might not get all the challenges done. I'm in the UK not far from Avebury and Stonehenge and find all the primitive pots from across the world fascinating.
That's awesome. Living on a boat in the UK is like bucket list stuff.
Congrats on getting so many subscribers! I had pneumonia this summer, so I'm glad to see the back of that particular too-hot season, too--may the autumn be an improvement!!! Keep up the great work. From Greece.
I just found some awesome clay near Dewey that fires blushed buff, it also fires smoother than any wild clay I have worked with yet. Even with minimal polishing, excited to do some kinishba with it
Awesome, I have a student who lives in Dewey. I love watching your progress on Facebook.
From Texas, I also put things on pause during the heat
I hope you do continue with the challenges, otherwise I will have to try some of your previous ones! I subscribed several months back and believe I have watched every one of your videos so far. I am doing some of the steps to get started, testing the quality of the clay from my property etc. Initially I found it to be too gritty with a 7% shrink and poor plasticity. I am levigating the clay now hoping for less temper. I am happy that you are feeling better and look forward to your next videos!
Awesome! Thank you!
Glad you are feeling better. 👍🏻
I did most of the last challenge , but not sure if you got the pics despite me joining Instagram! I do enjoy the challenges. It encourages me to do something. (Even if it's store bought clay and underglaze) I even did the weiner pot!!
Oh my! You need to use the hashtag #ancientpotterychallenge in your post so I can find it. I don't think I saw your stuff when I was compiling images for this video.
@@AncientPottery I will try again! 😊
I just subscribed because I've been watching so many of your videos and realized I hadn't yet. I wonder how many viewers there are like me who don't create pottery but are interested in all sorts of art and craft work processes? I'm unlikely to join in on a challenge but enjoyed the challenge videos.
I do have a lot of viewers who aren't interested in making pottery and I can understand that as I am also subscribed to a lot of channels for crafts I don't do. Thanks for adding your thoughts.
Rough summer for sure.
We have had a fire ban all summer. Hope to fire some before the snow flies but I've never seen a fire ban in September before
Aw, too bad. You will need to learn to fire in the snow. czcams.com/video/i_WHtHX5_jU/video.htmlsi=wGAzuF7vt3fvMzB8
Glad to hear you are feeling better. I posit the past few years has created stress in many people around the world and this does tend to take its toll when the body relaxes. I think your channel is really great and as a newcomer I have just started collecting clay. I thought I hit paydirt after a few very sandy collections, when I got a red clay and made a simple first pot but as it dried it cracked apart so I am searching for the answers there.
Add more temper (sand) to your clay to prevent drying cracks, also help it to dry very slowly. Thanks!
Thankyou Andy - I just realised I also forgot to dry it in a bag oho! thanks a lot@@AncientPottery
Challenges or not, enjoy watching your channel. 🙂
YOU SHOULD MAKE A POTTERY PIECE OF YOUR CZcams PLAC!!! Or even if the 123456! That would be really awesome
Personally, I hesitated to attempt the challenges simply because I dont have the skill yet to make an acceptable replica. I see your beautiful replication and it seems too great an endeavor....I think the really talented, experienced viewers may have been braver. Lol
I look forward to every episode though, and have learned from each one.
Thanks, I appreciate your perspective.
Im in the southern hemisphere, subtropical area, summer is waiting for us, maybe we will fire our pots just with the sun 😂
I hope you don't have a summer like we have had but I think it is likely. That volcano that caused this is in the southern hemisphere after all.
Congrats on 100K & 125k shortly! Ancient style pottery reminds me of decorating the Ukrainian eggs I make. I love and learned to do their art of drawing on egg shells with wax & then dying them. Some of the designs/patterns are kind of similar to those of ancient pottery, and sometimes some of the colors as well. I love drawing or painting on curved/ rounded surfaces. Hoping your health continues to improve!
Thanks! Yes, I can see the similarity to egg decoration, that rounded surface takes getting used to painting on.
maybe just one pot as the challenge. i just got an instagram so ready to participate!
Alright we shall see, thanks for that
Maybe a good beginner's challenge? With a growing channel, there's a lot of newbies here. I think i speak for all of us newbies that it's daunting to junp into a challenge as big as the previuos ones. Maybe making figurines?
I like the challenges. I think it’s not that people aren’t interested…they just don’t have the time to dedicate to such a huge undertaking.
Maybe you could just make it a one pot challenge. Make a video on one pot you make. Then, people could make their version and you could amend your video to show their work.
Keep the challenge I will try them, but still having problems
Im having issues with braking while I fire.. is there a difference on break if is uneven heating and lack of nonplastic material added, humidity can't be as I dried for weeks and baked just before fire
I am asking this question here in case you don't see it on one over 2 years old.
When grinding clay and temper do you grind at the same setting or is one a finer grind? Also can you make temper by firing ground-up dry clay?
Yes they can be ground the same fineness. Yes you can make temper from dry clay but you need to get it hot enough, it might take a long time to get a bucket of dry material up to temp.
Do you always paint on a leather hard pot ? Or can you paint on pots that have already dried before firing. I am confused .. thanks for input .
I paint bone dry pottery, but I always slip when leather hard. The reasons are that when slipping you are adding a lot of moisture to the clay and if it is dry that can cause the pot to crack. Also if slipped while still slightly damp you can polish better. And since the slip is clay, they will do better if applied leather hard so the two clays can shrink together as they dry.
@@AncientPottery thank you so much !!! I am making my first pot today. The heat in Texas has been oppressive!!! We finally cooled down . So glad you are feeling better !!! The month of June wiped me out with something as well .. I absolutely love your channel , I am so excited about trying this pottery thing out. I appreciate you answering my question so much .. I kept seeing me smashing a big dent in the side of my project if I had to paint intricate details while leather hard . Lol !!! Whew !!! Slip while leather hard .. got ya !!! Thanks again .. continued healthy days to you !!!
Where l live in South Africa KZN on a farm l find clay but its not nice
Do you use your corn grinder to crush your minerals?
Yes
I’m in middle Georgia about 100 miles from the east coast. Do you ever make any eastern pottery types?
No, I never have. Maybe someday I can make a trip back east and explore the different pottery types out there.
@@AncientPottery I am looking forward to your new online classes. Going to start trying pottery soon. I really enjoy you videos
why don't you take a poll and ask why people haven't participated or what kind of challenge would they like?
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The inside of my pots are NEVER that smooth😮
I saw a video of a potter who put a bunch of marvels in his pot and swirled them around to polish the inside of his pot.... I am definitely going to try this as soon as I get a bag of marvels.