Sawdust Fired Ceramics

[pgmisha]

very nice video ...well presented ....thks so much

[4getmenot09]

I loooove this idea! I got stuck with almost 50 pounds of clay after a ceramics class and didn't know what to do with it till now. Thank you!!!!

[BenjaminGoose]

Awesome!

[jdf91400]

I made a "kiln" from a metal garbage can and punched about 25 holes in it. I then loaded it with sawdust, dogfood, pots and I sprinkled some salt in with the pots. It worked like a dream. It took all night and some of the next day to finish burning down. I love the effects. I'm considering using composted cow manure with it next time, along with some other stuff.

[8698margo]

Hi, great and informative video! I've justed started a short course on sculpture in the UK and want to do some pieces at home as class time is very short. I do not have a kiln and will indeed try your method. My question is; do you burnish clay as the final process? What is it that you are applying to the clay before you put it in to the kiln? I am puzzled that it is a white substance but your pieces come out black. Hope to hear from you. Thanks in advance. Margo

[astrialkil]

you can always put shellack or lacquer over the mouth piece, give it a try and let us know if it works!

[cakesbyfoster]

Wow!! That is very interesting!!!  It is beautiful work!!

[rexlink1]

um if any of you know if this would be good for making an ocarina that you would end up blowing into an ocarina is a musical instrument and i want to make some and fire them but i dont know if this would work because the finished products look black

[HugeGene]

Very clear. Thanks for this video.

[Lester284L]

Did anything explode? Everyone I ask says not to expect much to survive from pit fires but it looks like you guys managed to have a great firing.

[slipnt6]

That's really cool my wife and I are going to try it using clay we dug up any suggestions? also I didn't see you glaze your clay did you? and will the finished fired unglazed clay hold water?

[jbone0987]

@robotbugs will they hold water ?

[PotterKnit]

We did this same thing and it was Great! Some items were burnished . We used egg shells , bananas , oranges,etc. Great music! Potterknit

[micmoable]

So basically you made a 2x2 foot chamber and lined it with brick and then filled with sawdust and your pieces of ware and then lit a stack of wood on top and when it burned down enough you put lid of concrete on it and let it smolder for 12 hours---how is chamber built? and what size works best?

[jmg1957]

nice..

[OriginalJosh01]

This is amazing! I had no idea it could be done like this. nice video!

[MsPauline30]

I take it your pieces were bisqued, what sort of slip did you put on them, Pauline

[ClaudiiA238]

Thats awesum (:

[frostheat246]

now I can make ocarinas ^^

[raffynjenny]

beautiful results, live the coloring, please also check out Gary Hootman here on Youtube he has amazing work also, I am so impressed with the both of you

[ThatLynnGirl]

Yikes, please don't sit in the smoke from a kiln!

[lookwhos1]

@ThatLynnGirl ....so true. Sawdust fumes are acrid and leave residue in the lungs. Wear protective gas mask to combat.

[digdugdiggy]

really bad music.

[mrsyafi]

Thanks

[aldenbuzz]

Fantastic.

Thanks for sharing.

[251mandem]

do you ilne the bottom of the pit with just bricks?

[251mandem]

how hot does the pit get approximately? was it previously fired in a kiln? i want to try what your doing

[251mandem]

actually i just read back a few pages. st thomas clay, didnt pre fire, right. im going to build one in the garden. i think what youre doing is brilliant!

[Cr3ativity]

I wish I was there! Thank you for sharing.

[Tootallspottery]

Right on!

[jmg1957]

nice...

[Tootallspottery]

Great Video, Thank you, Matt

[MamereClaire]

Thank you for sharing. As I am a potter married to a wood turner, this process really interest me. Are you mixing your own glazes? An information you care to share will be very much appreciated.

Claire

[MrAdamStratton]

I want to do more pit fire. this is a great small scale set up. there is no glaze invalved in pit fireing. the colors come from carbon, salts and the clay bodys natural color.

[olmarnow]

Great Video, Great Idea. Thanks for sharing. Did you put a glaze on the clay, or did you just put the clay in the fire?

[steam03]

if i mix sawdust within my clay then put it in the oven for normal ceramics process, will the part catch on fire while in the oven because of sawdust presence??

[digidante]

the sawdust will just burn right out and leave the clay more porous and able to withstand some thermal shock higher than regular.

[djpelka]

Ciekawa konstrukcja tego pieca- napewno nie zajmuje dużo miejsca i nie trzeba wyciągać nic, żeby zredykować. Wypróbuje napewno - pozdrawiam

[mrizza90]

what cone clay would work in a saw dust kiln?

[shutooshxbb]

did you use a glaze?

[clark111007]

That was really cool! My mother in law and I run a ceramics home-based business and we use a regular BIG kiln. It can be a pain to load. This seems so easy!

[bhevoneza28]

hi! i am so amaze how you done that.. can you share it to me, the precise measurements for this kind of firing clays. did you put bricks around it? i am really interested to know how. I am a trainer in pottery entreprenuer, i will teach this to my student so they can fired their clay in their back yard without spending too much for a kiln. Thank you for sharing it to me, from Zamboanga City, Philippines

[ey808]

Your saw dust kiln has to be one of the most beautiful I've seen. It's wonderful how you've intergarted it into the landscape.

[bent52telecaster]

great video, i plan to try this technique this summer but my question is, are you glazing these greenware pieces? what are you using? thanks

[Silverjda]

their not green ware anymore after that firing...<.<

[chopin65]

How does this differ from raku firing?

[tbtb27]

that is so nice and simple. I wanna try that and hope that it is as simple as your video shows. Thanks for sharing.

[pixie1035]

question... was it low fire clay, or good ol' cone 10 stoneware?

[MrAMG305]

Very nice work...

[kanatlisair]

nice

[e1406466]

Is that greenware going into the kiln or is it bisqueware? I couldn't tell. I've got the means and the space to do this, but no greenware kiln :(

Well, I've got a greenware kiln, but no spare 220 sockets in my house :(

[robotbugs]

Its just clay pots that were allowed to dry. We didnt pre-fire them.

[turuanu]

Really? So you used low fire clay, modeled it, and fired it like shown? How does the fire breath? What if it dies for some reason? How can it be hot enough? Just sawdust burning away?

[robotbugs]

It was saint thomas body. It takes around 12 hours and burns slowly. Yes it is suprising that it stays alight but it does. The sawdust is packed loosely. Its amazing but the next day al of the combustable material has vanished. We have only done it a few times but it has worked every time.

[turuanu]

[Sorry, I misposted this]

Really? So you used low fire clay, modeled it, and fired it like shown? How does the fire breath? What if it dies for some reason? How can it be hot enough? Just sawdust burning away?