Cooking in Wild Clay Pottery - Part 3.5 - Firing Pots (Again)
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- This is part of a series which I intend to conclude by cooking a meal in a pot made from clay I dug out of the ground. In this part, we'll have another go at firing pots
This playlist contains all of the episodes in this series: • Pottery & Ceramic Craft
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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:28 Lessons Learned
1:06 What's changed/new
1:31 Decorating
5:59 Iron-grogged clay
8:22 Drying
10:20 Pottery Origins
12:19 Firing
17:09 Results 
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Don't fire them, they love their job!
Then why do they crack under pressure?
@@Fridelain They give it their all, but it all goes to pot, unfortunately.
@@azurehanyo haha I am here for this
*BOOOOOO, FKIN BOOOOOOOOOOOOO*
hahaha
@@azurehanyo you can say "all gone to ashes"
Looking at that little seedpot fills me with a very distinct joy that I've seldom felt elsewhere
It has that elusive "I made this thing and it turned out so much cooler than I thought it would and I am way more excited than I can convey right now" feel to it
Its fantastic, I love it
… same!
The seed pot is one of my faves, too. Also, hello fellow XIV player! :D I recognize the character screen in your icon! ♥
Same
'What could possibly go wrong ...? It's impossible to predict' 🤣 I just love your dead-pan humour.
Fascinating to see how you're learning and refining your pottery skills, and also to hear your musings on pottery's origins. I'd love to be able to do this, but vicarious pleasure is an acceptable substitute for now. 😊
The 'forbidden gravy' meme caught me completely off guard; you never cease to make me smile, Mr. Shrimp
I also thought it very very funny
My mum's a potter and before she got a kiln she used to do pit firing. She'd dig a big pit in the back garden that she'd fill with sawdust with the pots in amongst it.....with the sawdust even filling them. She'd then start a fire on top of the sawdust and once it burnt down she would cover up the whole thing with a couple of metal sheets and just leave it for a couple of days. She got some pretty good results.
That tiny seed pot really did turn out nicely, even if the camera wasn't doing it justice. If I didn't know it was made out of clay, I might assume that it was a metal pot, or at least that it had been painted at some point.
I agree. It looked almost like cast iron.
@@timhutchinson8485 That's it !
I was trying to figure out what it reminded me of !!!
Could be getting my chemistry wrong here, but if iron-oxide undergoes reduction (as he mentioned might have happened in his pit), doesn't it turn back into pure iron? Maybe some of the rust has gone back to being iron, which would explain the shiny appearance
@@henningerhenningstone691 Ironception?
@@henningerhenningstone691 I doubt it’s getting reduced to unoxidized iron (that needs a very very high temp, around 1800 F according to Ellington charts). I think it’s going from Fe2o3 to FeO, which is black.
Hey Dr. Mike Shrimp, you've been pretty clear in the past that you read almost all of your comments, and I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your content right now. I am going through a very horrible time in my life, and one of the things I've been doing to cope is going through all of your talking series' and I just wanted to let you know how good it has been for me to just sit in bed and listen and watch you experiment, I wish I could be more like you in that sense. I hope that as the days turn into weeks I can move past what is causing me so much grief right now, but for the time that I do spend looking for anything to distract me, I will be here watching your content, it truly is pure entertainment, please keep it up.
Hope things will improve. Keep strong.
The little clay figures bring me so much joy
"Everything eventually turns into a cooking video". 👍
I love your pfp :)
and this time he did not add salt! (because it's already in another ingredient as usual).
We gotta eat at some point 😂
As an archaeologist watching this series has been a real pleasure. Thanks so much for sharing and I look forward to seeing a meal prepared in these.
That seed pot is gorgeous!
This is turning into a "Choose your own adventure" series lol. Great stuff.
I don’t know if you saw it, but one Christmas, possibly last one or the one before, ‘Morgan Donner’ actually made a choose your own adventure video series by setting videos to undiscoverable and only putting links in from the video you were watching. Logistical genius.
@@dees3179 Sounds awesome! I had no idea.
I don't usually comment on stuff but I wanted to say thank you for this series: I know nothing about pottery but your process of discovery and learning is incredibly pleasing, especially as I've wanted to experiment with pottery myself. The experiments with the iron oxide grog this late on in the process demonstrate this really well! Your attitude towards understanding the local history as well as experimenting with other styles and shapes from different regions has inspired me with my own creative projects.
To me this series emulates just _a_ discovery of pottery from a time so different to ours, yet one which feels so relatable. It's like the feeling of holding a historical artefact and relating yourself to the person who first made it, and every inheritor since then. Perhaps the word "primitive" is too diminishing, but I feel like this process of discovery is something almost essential to the human experience. Thank you for creating this.
I thoroughly agree. I can't think of specific "discoveries" off the top of my head, but I would love more series like this one, where some craft discovered long ago is learned through experimentation and trial and error.
It's just the perfect combination of informative, enjoyable, inspiring, and a slight dash historical.
This channel is such a treasure. You never know what you're going to get from it next, and there's always plenty of enthusiasm behind each new weird endeavor. You really seem to have your priorities in life worked out nicely, and it's refreshing.
The little round pot with shiny metallic surface is amazing
I think something to be said for all these episodes are just how well they're all put together.
You must really take an extraordinary amount of care in how you set everything up camerawise because I've watched a thousand things professionally produced nowhere near as seamless, cogent, and clear as these have all been.
One of my absolute favourite RUclipsrs
Really enjoyed the "forbidden gravy" :'D
You should read audio books! I find your voice and levels of story telling and descriptive speaking very easy to listen to and very calming
There is something immensely wholesome and satisfying about these “I’d like to try a thing” videos; basket-weaving, pottery, whatever you put your hand to next.
The artifossil is so cool and turned out very good, I wonder if it would also work with other things
I love that as you experiment, it's sort of like experiencing history first-hand. You're following the steps ancient people would have done to finally arrive at a useful product.
That iron-clay small pot looks amazing!
That tiny seed pot is so pretty! I'm so glad for all the steps you've shown of this process. I think too many times, we only see the successes of people doing things, and it can lead to being frustrated over times when things don't go well. Knowing that there can be many not-quite-successful steps that teach us something along the way is a lesson worth taking.
Actually having them by the fire and over the embers is VERY important as although they won't be moist, there will be chemically bonded water in the clay. When you fire in a kiln, you take it slowly up to 100°c to let that bonded water escape as steam.
That seed pot is truly beautiful!!!
I love the leaf imprint too.
One of my students wants to do similar ceramic experiments, I will refer her to this series.
The little pot is truly a thing of beauty
Wild to say but this has definitely been the most interesting series on this channel!
So many successful side quests and little backtracks to "perfect" techniques. The whole series kinda encompasses so many different parts of the channel. Love it.
the “don’t breathe this” reminded me of the old will it blend videos, good times
That seed pot is beautiful. ❤️
That seed pot looks amazing!
There are lots of RUclips channels that try to recreate the history of technologies like making pots or smelting iron.
None of them wonder or speculate about what happy accidents like leaving a clay figure next to a fire overnight might lead to.
Now you've got me wondering if adding different ground up colored rocks to clay to see what colors came out might be what led to smelting metals.
Man, these videos are the reason why you are by far my favourite youtuber. These improvised series where you just learn something you initially weren't good at but are interested enough to pursue it are so good. The difference of quality between this and the last firing is abismal, plus the side quests turned out amazing!
Keep up the good work! :)
This is one of my favourite of your series. There’s a lot of exciting twists and turns, with some pretty impressive results given the forage-y feel of it all. It’s the formula to life: with a bit of knowledge and creativity you can do pretty much anything
I am all here for an entire series of sidequests for other big projects you're working on. Same idea as Scammers Who Dumped Me, but with all the other fun projects in your life. This clay series is genuinely one of my favorite series you've ever done!
I like that small 'seed' pot with all the iron oxide dust, that came out great !
I call this video series a happy accident…you intended for it to be a linear series of videos, however, the joys of failure and inspiration have led to this brilliantly meandering series that I find to be incredibly enjoyable. Thank you for taking the time to do this!
A counterpoint to your idea about clay figures (though you're probably right): like you mentioned earlier in the video, fires might have been made on top of clay-rich soil, and the results would not only be noticeable, but conveniently sort of bowl shaped.
At the point where everything went in the fire and the outcome was so uncertain, I think all of us were standing on the sidelines with you Mike, with bated breath, praying with expectation that all would go well! What a success. And that little iron pot is amazing!
Every one of your videos I watch just makes me respect you more and more, you're absolutely an inspiration - wise and a good teacher but also relatable (small things like your pride water bottle), all without even pointing them out. I honestly have never come across anyone who deserves more respect than you; hats off Mr Shrimp 😊
Your humour is so smart and quick witted. I just love it. You playing with the little figures is just so sweet and pure hearted! Also, love the rainbow coloured water bottle 💚
This series has been such a joy
15:14 in a forest near me I found an apple tree with a ridiculous amount of apples on it!! Some up to 200 g with a Brix percentage of 15.4!!!! I've already taken just over 100 kg and almost processed them all! Still atleast 400kg left on the tree! (UK westmidlands)
wow that tiny "seed pot" turned out so amazing, it creates the feeling of envy in me. Please do us a favor and use it in your cooking video. Maybe pour in some olive oil or seasoning or something. I would love to see that.
All these pots are truly beautiful
I don't know why but for some reason the "Forbidden Gravy" graphic over the still of the clay and rust dust mixture was extremely comical to me. I giggled about it much more than it warranted. My cat reacted to my repeated giggles by staring at me with a look expressing complete and total disdain, which naturally caused me to laugh and her to make a hasty retreat.
You hope this has been interesting...I AM SO EXCITED FOR THE NEXT EPISODE!!!
that little intro at the begginning where he explains the steps and objective of the series is starting to sound more and more like a theme song every time he repeats it. love the vibe
Vinegar and lots of small chunks of copper can make a slurry for a glaze of copper for your pots. Dry it and Mix it with a food wise glaze. You can make or buy the glaze powder. Use a rock polisher and Nickel ball bearings to crush glass.
This series really shows how impressive things on Primitive Technology channel is! Being able to make pottery out of clay thats less of clay-clay and more just dirt and water mixed, without modern tools, when it has taken you more than a month and there's still no actual pot, surely takes some skill, knowlege, and I assume failed attempts!
(should be noted, that does assume that channel shows honest depiction of reality, but I think it is a fair assumption. Also, I hope this doesn't take away from your achievements, you're doing great!)
My favorite things so far have been your daughter's wobbly sided dish, the burnished seed pot, the pot you painted with curly lines, and the wavy dish that had the leaf in the bottom. Regarding that dish, it vaguely has the shape of an ashtray. I dunno if that material would make a good ashtray, but if it can maybe you could gift it to someone you know who smokes. Any of these pieces would make lovely gifts, though.
I have loved this series, especially all the little side quests. The narration was particularly great on this one.
"Like a clay-obsessed Columbo" is possibly the best reference I've heard today.
Such joy to see the pots after firing. Just have to hope now that the next stage is as successful. I was thinking, as you, of the effect of the firing and smoke on food cooked in them. Maybe just heat water to start and see how it goes from there. That's what I'd do, but, Mr Shrimp' you will no doubt be well ahead of the game! Such fun!! Thanks for sharing these videos. A total joy!!
Why am I so invested in a man making a pot out of clay from his friends garden.
It's hard to describe the level of kinship and affection I feel for humanity listening to you theorize about the discovery of fired clay. In a lot of ways I think our lives would seem completely alien to ancient humans, but no matter what we always find a way to gather around and tell stories.
I'm really enjoying this series; it triggered a memory of wanting to try this as a kid in the 90's when I discovered clay in the garden. I only ever got to dry the thing I made in the sun. I really want to try this again, learning from your results
I say it every time, but I really love this series! And the little "side quests" are great, both because they help you learn things that are useful in later stages, and just because I can't watch these without going "but what if...". It's a nice treat when I find myself wondering about something and then the video itself addresses it
Forbidden Gravy will be my Meatloaf tribute band name.
Dear Mr Shrimp as someone that loves things that are no ones favorite, the the pot with the utmost potential for future exciting development is the wingle- wangle pot... I understand all of the other pieces of pottery and their construction, but this wavy pot tickles my brain and can almost see all the possibilities of shapes found in nature that are wiggly...
Thank you for all your smart hard work!
So fascinated by this series. My Mom used to make pottery as a hobby. She set up a wheel in the basement.
Another theory I've heard about the invention of pottery is that firing was invented when people noticed what happened to the ground underneath a camp fire.
I reckon having the pots pointed with the opening up helped to prevent breakage during firing. Nice!
Brilliant, and utterly fascinating. Your little seed jar is such a beautiful little object.
I godamn love this series. I could get addicted to your pot journey…. I’m living vicariously through you. ❤
i really like "stop wondering, and try it"
I imagine perhaps incorrectly that the association with heat it quite likely. “I left that clay out in the sun and it went hard. I could shape this into something that might be useful. It dried in the warm sun light. My fire is warm. Maybe I can speed this up by putting this near or in the fire.”
Obviously that is a super simplified version of what I mean but I feel like its a plausible.
Thank you, Mr. Shrimp, it WAS interesting! I especially like how I feel like I'm learning about our ancestors and how they must have lived, but I also have been rooting for the pots to fire successfully and it was a relief to see the results in this video. :)
Favourite series ever…..
"Everything on this channel eventually turns into a cooking video" Now just to wait for the new hit series, Cooking for Scammers
The mini seed jar is absolutely beautiful, 11/10 success ;)
The best way of getting fired is by our beloved Atomic Shrimp.
The tiny pot high in iron looks a bit like a small turtle I got as a child on vacation in Santa Clara, New Mexico. Perhaps the woman who made it used a similar technique. Great video as usual, Thanks!!! 😘 From Texas
Well done, Shrimp. That little metallised pot is wonderful. May it live in your family a thousand years.
"Forbidden gravy" got me good. XD
I love your view on creating something with no experience.
I feel the same and often find that when I figure something out for myself, in my own way, I better understand how to do/make that thing.
Thank you Mr Shrimp for sharing this wonderful experience with us
Fully engrossed in the Atomic Shrimp Clay Pot Cinematic Universe.
I'm really excited about how this is coming through!!
I recall a method of pottery making from the book Robinson Cruzoe by Daniel Defoe. The protagonist had problems with making clay vessels that would retain their shape, so he put the clay on the inside and outside of other organic objects that acted as scaffolding, like weawed baskets, fruits etc,etc. The organics would burn away during the firing leaving the clay vessel behind.
It was a success (in the book at least) as that the vessels held up better and nice bi-effect of decorative impressions left by the baskets and fruits.
I really love that photo of the 'rust' pot at 7:49. Great video, as always, really enjoying this series. Thanks!
The 'rust dust' you made, if dissolved in water, would make a good natural moss killer for your lawn too.
Excellent series. I know very little about pottery and have enjoyed learning. I had thought every firing needed a kiln with a controlled cool down. I like how you did it and the fact that it was done that way for thousands of years before the idea of a kiln came about.
This is one of my favourite series on youtube right now.
"Portable cave paintings". I love it!
I know this would've taken so much time, planning, editing and so on, but I'm really enjoying this series. I watch most of your videos, when time allows and like most others, I enjoy the "real" aspects to your videos. This is all just science, cooking included and love that you "show your workings" and the things that didn't quite make the grade. I also love the little touches of humour you put in as well.
I wonder what you've got lined up for the next few months.
Still expecting the scam bait turned cooking video sometime soon
Love it when You and Babatunde upload simultaneously 😊
The painted swirls look pretty good actually
Still loving this ceramic series, it is so well done! Now for a few ceramics facts:
1- you were talking about fluxes. Iron oxide is also a Flux. That's why lots of iron heavy clays like terracotta can be fired at relatively low temperatures.
2- the thing you did where you took your dried clay and extra-dried it over the open fire is called "candling". I candle all my firings in an electric kiln too ( leaving just the bottom burner on low and the kiln propped open for a few hours to make sure everything is 100% dry before firing).
3- the fact that you made a fossil is extra interesting because there's this discourse in the world of ceramics about it essentially being like making fossils for future generations, since fired clay is so long lasting.
Oh also you should check out Parsons Dietrich Pottery if you're ever in Saskatchewan. These ceramicists are well known in my area for using local clay in all their work, and I bet you would have some amazing conversations with them!
That silver iron clay pot looks amazing, I was not expecting it to juust look like actual metal.
I lost it at the "mostly iron oxide man" hahahahah
I'm enjoying this series a lot. Thanks!
Loving this series - that little seed pot is a thing of joy! Looking forward to a follow up video on property developers retro fix subsidence issues on flood plain new builds in a couple of years time too 😂
Following your pottery journey and the issues you ran into in previous episodes im so happy for you that it finally worked out :D Looking forward to next episode.
Babe wake up new atomic shrimp pot saga just dropped
The side-quest iron oxide pot is absolutely beautiful!
14:40 now this is what living off the land is like
That mini seed pot and the fossil are amazing! They turned out so well 💜
I thinkj the early people used pitch inside the cooking pot. Just to make it water tight. I love this pottery series. Hope you go on and on until you make the best Clay pottery possible.
The Side Quest are so awesome.
Always love the will it blend references with your various craft dusts
Fire-roasted apples are such a good idea, I don't know why I've never heard of it !
And it's so satisfying to see you actually succed in firing your pots ; even though we viewers are doing 0% of the work, I think after so many episodes, side quests and experiments we're all emotionally invested in the journey. Bit bummed that the iron ore pattern didn't wotk though
A “weird, clay-obsessed Columbo”…haha
“Oh, just one more thing…”
I think folks should *insist* that younglings watch (for long enough to appreciate)some great classics like that one.
If RUclips ever needs to justify its existence, it should direct people to this channel.