Follow along as I share the ups and downs of firing pottery without kiln, experimenting with primitive skills to achieve remarkable results.

For centuries, cultures like the Salado, Ancestral Puebloans, Mogollon, and Hohokam mastered traditional pottery firing. Instead of modern kilns, they relied on primitive pottery...

http://primitivepathways.com Billy Berger attempts an experimental firing of primitive pottery...his first ever. The pottery is made from locally collected N...

Dec 18, 2024 · Primitive firing techniques and earthenware pottery more often than not means both direct flames and rapid, uneven heating. Make strong pottery for primitive firing, is all …

Feb 3, 2025 · Firing pottery goes through distinct stages: bisque firing and glaze firing. Electric kilns are user-friendly, while gas kilns offer unique firing effects. Understanding temperature …

Articles, classes and products focused on outdoor, primitive pottery firing. Open, above-ground firings, Anasazi trench kiln firings, and other techniques.

Aug 21, 2021 · In this video I test out a portable fire pit and fire primitive pottery with charcoal. Clay for some of the pots was collected locally.

Primitive Pottery Firing. There are many primitive ways to fire pottery and they are all good for different reasons or for creating different types of pottery. I am going to briefly cover just two of …

Pit firing is the oldest known method of pottery firing. Examples have been dated as early as 29,000–25,000 BC. Unfired pots are nestled together in a pit in the ground and are then …

Primitive Firing. The use of some traditional firing techniques is still popular among modern potters and sculptors (who are accustomed electric and gas kilns, often with computer …

Mar 13, 2024 · Pottery firing is a critical process in the creation of ceramic art and utilitarian objects. This transformative procedure turns soft, formable clay bodies into solid, durable items …

Pottery at this stage is like the plates and mugs in your cupboards. This earthenware is NOT useful outdoors. If heated unevenly, it will crack. Luckily, it is pretty much impossible to reach …

Feb 17, 2017 · Inspired by late bronze age and early iron age pottery from the Balkans (Bulgaria).Music: Europa Barbarorum soundtrack. Copyright goes to its owners.

Firing it to a mid-fire cone (5-6, I assume) will mean that the final product is less watertight (vitrified) than at cone 10, but I can't say how much - that depends on the clay. Some clay is ok …