Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the community. I live in Ventura County and we got hit hard by the rains in Jan 2023. Right now, they've used bulldozers to clear the mud from the roads, and especially up by Red Mountain, there are piles and piles of the most beautiful red earth. It's not quite terracotta red, but has a slight eggplant tinge to it. Up on South Mountain in Santa Paula, down below an old ochre mine, the same thing. Piles of terracotta red earth, just on the road side. I think I'm gonna go get me some buckets and a shovel!

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

9 ай бұрын

Grab some ochre too

Tony! Great videos by and about you and mud. I am retired, and took on primitive pottery among many "basic living skills" from just a 100 years ago. (I am no good at it yet.) A few years ago friends warned me that, "pottery is an expensive hobby." I haven't spent a dollar! We have great clays in AZ.

That vinegar trick was worth the price of admission.

I finally tried out your drying system. I will say, I batch nowhere near the amount you do, however it worked really well - even for my small batch. Probably the best batch of reclaim I've had thus far 😊

@jamejwangia4303

Жыл бұрын

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@jamejwangia4303

Жыл бұрын

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Thank you, very useful. Here in Spain I go walking in the mountains most days, recently I saw three different colours of clay close together! Red, grey and yellow. I love to forage, and I love working with clay, so digging my own clay is very enjoyable :o) My only problem is that I'm not so strong and I need a nice helpful guy to carry my clay home ;o)

Thank you for taking the time to explain this to us. Much respect

When I hold a hand thrown pot I swear I can feel the energy of the maker .

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! For showing this! I love your set up, that is cool

Thanks Tony!!! Ive been mixing my clay with a very similar technique (but usually in much smaller batches hahah) but I’ve definitely picked up some cool tricks from this video

Excellent process. Thanks!

love the ideas for mass production thank you!

Excellent! Thank you so much for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience

Thanks for sharing this Tony.

Good job on inventing processes looking forward to more!

It's always a pure pleasure to see your precious tips on how to process clay my friend 👍 Many thanks from the bottom of my heart sir and gratitude 🙏.. Bless you.. 🌷

Thanks so much Tony! I've been digging clay and processing it by hand with a mixing drill, screen and 5 gal bucket. Only making about 15 lbs. for my effort. Just got a 3 1/2 cu. ft. Mixer. In a bit, I'll be able process all my clay in one go. Thanks to you showing how to get the job done!

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

Did you see the second video? Just need two trash cans and a drill mixer. Either way, the cement mixer is a bit messy but you can make a lot 😜

@jamescecil3417

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've seen em both! It's a messy job, big or small, but I'd much rather have the quantity of clay there and done. Doing little batches doesn't take that much less time and I've got to motivate to do it either way a bigger return for the effort helps my enthusiasm to do it.

Nice video. Thanks for sharing your good knowledge.

Beautiful Colours. Awesome work ❤❤

This is exactly what I’ve been doing lately. 😊❤️ Great method. 👍

Excellent video. Thanks.

Woah, so informative..been wondering how you make your own. Love this!!

Wow! Very impressed. Never made a pot. When I was a kid we did ceramics but that was long ago. I'm 58 y.o native.it's like calling me to give pottery a try. Very few potters left. I am artistic in other ways. Yeah would like to see more of your work. Thank You for sharing.

Wow Great video Toney and quite the process. 👍

I been looking for a video like this… I sculpt and like pottery and was just interested in knowing this but could t really find anything like this video so thank you

Beautiful!

Nice! Thanks for sharing your knowledge

It was great to see the final results; workable clay.

I DID enjoy the video...thank you for sharing your methods.

I always enjoy your videos

Great process..👌👌👍👍

“There’s gold in them hills!” Totally made me laugh 🤪

@immortalmonsterhybrid975

Жыл бұрын

I understood the expression too... lol

@joseluisrodriguezdiaz635

8 ай бұрын

​@@immortalmonsterhybrid975😊😊😊

This video is fantastic. Your pottery is beautiful.

Awesome, thanks!

this is awesome!

That's an awesome process

Incredible, Appreciated man, traditional but it’s easy and simple

Thank you so much for sharing your lovely video to me and to everyone else around the world 🌍

I love your work very much and very excellent.

Absolutely the best , learned so much , i have tried once using Texas jumbo , it was a major fail , I feel much more confident this time , just watched a mata ortiz pottery video , just south of you , they finish with oil The best thanks again

Great clay Tony😊🇬🇧❤️

Enjoyed it. 🥳

Here in Nova Scotia our soil is mostly clay. Our lawn was dug up and i grabbed a handful of the earth and it squeezed into a ball . Feels like it wont take too much processing th make a nice clay body. Thanks for the inspiration.

Awesome stuff thanks

Friggin nice work!

I really enjoyed this. Subscribed.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Grand salutes to your hard work

Thankyou! I had to laugh when you chucked the buckets and boards! Bet nobody asks YOU to do dishes! Your clay is beautiful.

Ah a nice semi mass production version of wet grading clay I like it thanks for sharing, the last part of my clay is getting rained on at the moment so I am hoping the window I put over it is keeping the wet out or its going to be a couple of months before its dry 😁 I don't think the plaster of paris would work here (I'm in the UK so its wet almost all year) but I'm using the same basic process to clean up my clay but then I have to bring it in to dry off near the fire Thanks for sharing.

Bonjour, thanks for share! :)

Thank you for this!

Absolutely Amazing, a lot of hard work and time but so worth it. Great Channel. 🥀

@zehraibrahim8986

2 жыл бұрын

KZread pay money for his efforts he isn't a mad without any reason he is doing anything.

@nadakodsia2635

Жыл бұрын

@@zehraibrahim8986 oh my Lord !!!!!! Such a rude comment, I can't understand your negative attitude, at least be respectful towards the artist....

@zehraibrahim8986

Жыл бұрын

@@nadakodsia2635 first it's not a negative comment at all and second don't take it personally and intentionally beacuse there is nothing like that.

The best! 👍

Thanks, great video

Great video Tony I really enjoyed it & subcribe

Thank you for sharing.

I really appreciate it thank you all the way from Jordan 🇯🇴

Thank you very much for sharing all of this. I am a complete beginner to crafting pottery, but I decided I'd try and have a go at copying the basic beakers and pots people were doing a few thousand years ago, and I have been bingeing on your videos (and those of Andy Ward) for the last 2 weeks. I've found when it comes to sieving the liquid clay, that I still end up with quite a bit of organic material left in the mix afterwards. It's only about the size of sand grains but I'm worried it will burn off when I get to firing and ruin things - do I need to keep going and try to filter these parts out somehow, or do you think I'm being overly-cautious? I'm struggling to find something with smaller holes than a sieve that will actually let the clay through but keep any small pieces of bark/leaves from passing through. You maybe can't answer without seeing what I've made in person, but any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you again.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

2 жыл бұрын

Have you tried doubling up or tripling up painters cloth from the hardware store for straining paints also you can use the shower cloth sometimes they make a fine fine mesh for the shower curtains. Also add more water to your clay in the mix and stir it around and then let the hard heavy particles fall and then pour your clay out but don’t empty the bucket that way the heavier sand stays at the bottom of the bucket and the organic should float off or get caught in the mesh

@banksarenotyourfriends

2 жыл бұрын

@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 thank you for the tips, I will give them all a go. It turned out that the clay I had originally sourced is not really plastic enough for anything other than bricks, but it's all experience I guess! Back to the drawing board on that one. I know that in the past there was a pottery just down the road from me, and they will have been sourcing their clay from nearby, so there must be some decent sources around me somewhere I just haven't found them yet. Thank you again for your help, your videos are really inspiring. All the best.

Thankyou for posting

Huge A++....what an operation....so if you have a high temper clay you do not have to preheat your pots...maybe start your fires in a slow way??? With tons of Thanks!

great . thank you

god work i will try this.

Awesome - your video really tackles the problems of separating the fine silica from the water - does the glaze adhere to the pot after the first fire before vitrification?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

14 күн бұрын

That is just a clay body, I really don’t use glaze

You have a nice voice very cool video

Mouth watering,🤤

I’m learning so much from your videos, so grateful and appreciative of your skill and talents. My brain and motivation is energized by your common science approach to teaching and sharing! Giving me courage to try something totally new, I’m in Kindergarten stage of my learning about the versatility of the lovely mud. I do have a .....I BELIEVE a simple QUESTION..... Could sheet rock be used to line the clay slurry drying trough? If so should I peel the paper surface off the sheet rock or can it be left on? Thank you and to anyone who may know the answer. Happy digging

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t, it is messy and may get in your clay and cause damage in your pots. Better to make a sand pit or a wood and wire frame with two or three sheets and pore clay in that

@amyh.2020

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your input, I agree if I poured it directly onto the sheet rock, I didn’t explain my idea very well. I wanted to share my results using the sheet rock. So today my slurry was ready to pour out to dry and I use some scrap sheet rock UNDER the cloth (the bottom of my 2x4 frame, then used an old bed sheet to cover the trough and poured the slurry on the top, just like You did in the video ) and it worked like a charm! I did pull the paper off by dampening it lightly before hand exposing the a nice flat sheet of plaster. I got the idea when I think I saw the plaster on the bottom your drying pits/troughs. I don’t have permanent drying pits/troughs and this was perfect for my wood frames. I plan to reuse the scrap sheet rock next time if it dries out in it’s original flat one piece sheet of plaster. I processed about 35 lbs. it was my first time to do this and I enjoyed the inter process. Now I must wait for the first fire to see if I used enough temper. 🤞🤞 🤞

You look like you are part of the Minoan people! I was wondering if you have seen Minoan pottery? If you had Minoan blood.. I am always impressed by your work and to be honest it looks better than original pieces most of the time! Hope to see more videos from you in the future, I love the flint napping but the pottery is where my heart is...

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

9 ай бұрын

No Minoan, Azores island of Terceira , Native American ,Irish , and some other dna when my mom did her test. Hit around the Great Lakes Métis and Midwest native groups. Wish someone would have signed in on the paperwork

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

9 ай бұрын

I’ll be having more time with the kids in school so I have a few videos planned. I never sit for 5 minutes around here

@markgibsons_SWpottery

9 ай бұрын

@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 I wish the DNA tests were enough! We started watching your work back when your movie came out on you tube, native clays,.. that is exactly what I put in the search bar, and that is where I decided I wanted to follow that path as well,... I just became a registered Choctaw artist, and I owe some of the credit to that movie. I was already making pottery, but I had no idea how much of what to put in it so 90% breakage,... that video got me closer and more inspired than ever.. Thank you for working on that at that time! I needed it then and I still enjoy going back to watch it now. My son and I enjoy your work greatly and please keep it going, brother Soares

Great video! Thanks for all your help in making primitive pottery 💗💗

Thanks for sharing

Watching from Jamaica

Thanks, Tony! Is the stitching on the pots at the end of the video decorative, or meant to strengthen cracks? Do you have a video on that?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

Hi , yes they did sew cracked pots back together out here in the desert, mine are more decorative but does beef it up a bit.

@thehappypotter9612

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434, do you use a hand tool, or just use an electric drill to make the holes?

Thanks for the video, can you tell me what mesh size the sieve you are using last, I sieve my clay through a 100 mesh sieve, which is very difficult, but I also want to turn the clay on the potter's wheel, how fine is your clay

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

M.Woodpecker , hi do you have an email? The big screen is 1/8 and the second is a food or noodle strainer. Asian food stores or Walmart has the metal spaghetti strainer that are kinda oblong. Metal window screen is pretty good but just a bit small. I’ll show more in next video

@tonsteineglasuren1323

3 жыл бұрын

Hallo ​ Tony Soares I have an email address how can I send it to you? I don't want to post it so publicly, if you have a Facebook account we can communicate there on Messenger. I also used a kind of pasta strainer, but I take it as the 2nd strainer, which is still too coarse for me in any case, normally I take the 3rd one, still the size of a tea strainer I saw today if I don't knock it through with this strainer it will be relatively fine.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

M.Woodpecker I posted a second video last night. You can find me on Flintknappers.com and my email is there on my gallery

Thanks for sharing! Did i hear well? You storage the clay for two years underground before using?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

I store it for years if need be , I’ll use it right away or have it on hand 5 years from now. . Just a surplus technique I use😀

@marioncodner

3 жыл бұрын

Tony Soares Native Clays amazing work Tony, it surely shows in your pieces, but what is achieved by storing it for such lo g periods of time?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

Well I teach classes, a lot of classes and I make and sell pottery and sometimes I get orders for a 1000 pieces so I like to have clay on hand when I need it. It gets cold here in the winter and it is no fun making clay when it is frozen outside 😜

@marioncodner

3 жыл бұрын

Tony Soares Native Clays great !!! Thanks for your answers 🙏

@jamescecil3417

3 жыл бұрын

I really appreciate how practical your method is for doing a big batch of clay, I've got several hundred pounds I dug waiting in the shed. Your video taught how to get it processed in one go. I've been going at small batches, which gets frustrating. Thanks Tony!

Cool

In 8:13, what liquid material did you add to the mud?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

I added some vinegar to help the clay settle a bit faster.

Might want to try a corded drill. All that torque can wear down your cordless.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

2 ай бұрын

I do use one sometimes but the usually shut off because of the load is so high

Bravo

WOW BRO

Good day mr Soares and hapy new year from Greece. I want to build a wood stove for my home, with fire bricks. Can I make fire bricks with this clay or I have to put something more? Thank you

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

5 ай бұрын

You may want to use refractory clay and cement mixed together. Not sure what clay you have there but I’m sure there are good sources

I love wild clay

👍

thankyou ❤

😍😍😍♥️

Very excited to share that I increased the amount of temper in my clay a lot and successfully fired it in an open fire without preheating

@Etienne4201

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting

Tony; THANKS AS ALWAYS GOOD INFORMATION AND LOTS OF YEARS OF EXPERIENCE MAKES IT LOOK EASY, BUT STILL HARD LABOR, SEE WHY YOU TRY TO ONLY GO THROUGH THIS ONCE EVERY YEAR OR TWO, FLINTKNAPPING MAY BE EASIER. .THANK ROB ON YOUR TEMPER ARE YOU STILL AT ABOUT 20 TO 25 0/0?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 20 to 30 percent but depending on the clay and the size of the temper and what type of temper. It is all a guesstimate .

@robsmith6961

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 Thanks you are the best I have. Most Lynn volcanic sand and ash that is super fine and my clay has no temper in it so... I am playing with it so i will keep working on it thanks. ROB

After you're done the final screening. I make a drop out of cloth anglet. Pour the solution through download it. And you'll be surprised how much more sand you'll get. Try it, see if it works.After

Thanks

Anyone know if i can use coal as temper? Or how the traditional method of using flint flakes as temper was done?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

Never heard of either, let me know

@bjellison905

Жыл бұрын

@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 i definitely will but i got a long way to go i just started. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

Coal was used to fire pottery, crushed quartz and shards were used as temper

Is there a good reason for NOT re-cycling that used water to another container and reuse it , say, for soaking dried clay.? I just hate seeing water being wasted.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

You can unless you are taking salts out the clay, mine goes out to a little tree

Oh yea!

Arduous process but beautiful end results, thanks for sharing your efforts 😎😎😎

Brother, I would love to chill with you and make some pottery, you seem like a hell of a guy I’d enjoy getting to know/picking your brain.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Ай бұрын

Check me on instagram @tonysoarespottery

@DrPWNS-fz6yh

Ай бұрын

@@tonysoaresnativeclays1434 just followed you - @studioblurred and I just uploaded pics and a video of my first coil pot

Why not start with dry clay in the mixer and add water, thereby saving a step?

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

2 ай бұрын

It turns into a sticky mess, the clay starts out a rocky chunks. It is melted down and has to be cleaned, that is why it is in the mixer to break it down

I am concerned about using clay from around Salton Sea because it's so polluted. I hope you're avoiding that stuff too. Airborne gunk when it dries and turns to powder and can get into your lungs and then also when firing, it could also become vaporized and dangerous. Thanks for the inspiration, you're an amazing potter.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

It is all bad for your lungs, I use the clays from the old shore line, I don’t think there is much in the clay I use,

❤😂🎉

عالی بود

What's the use of bed sheet. Can you do without it.

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

Yes you can pore the clay out onto sand or powder clay. A bed sheet keeps the clay from getting plaster or other junk in the clay. 😀

Use vinegar as a seperator for water and clay . Some real native knowledge 😁😁 Never heard of that trick

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

Жыл бұрын

Yup, better then urine, you can use wood ash water to suspend the particles acid and alkaline

Leave the mixer on when you pour

@tonysoaresnativeclays1434

3 ай бұрын

Sometimes I do sometimes I don’t, depending on how much temper I want in the mix

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