Primitive pottery 4: Firing pottery black ⚱️
A shorter video this time, showing an experiment in firing primitive pottery deep black by enclosing it in a container with organic material during the firing. Said container didn't quite work out as planned, so I had to improvise a bit.
0:00 firing the container
0:25 firing a small pot and two bird sculptures black
2:02 success
2:43 outro
The black color is caused by the ceramic absorbing the sooty tar coming from the organic material as it chars in the intense heat. It serves little practical purpose, but it looks really nice on some pieces and was therefore practiced by many neolithic cultures. It can be achieved by different methods, this is just one of them.
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