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Andy Ward's Ancient Pottery

Our ancestors made pottery using just their hands and simple tools, you can make pottery in the same way today.

My name is Andy Ward and I have spent decades studying the ancient pottery found near my home in Arizona and trying to recreate it. Through this channel I share these techniques for making pottery, finding and using wild clay and natural pigments and firing pottery without a kiln.

Go ahead and subscribe to come along with me as I learn to make pottery like the ancients.

Lots more information including pottery workshops and online classes are on my website ancientpottery.how

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Ruins and Clay on the Lower San Pedro River - January Behind the Scenes

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Mastering Wild Clay Processing with Mata Ortiz Methods

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Hidden Desert Treasures in the Dos Cabezas Mountains - December Behind the Scenes

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Crafting History: I Made 7 Ancient Pot Replicas in Just One Year!

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I Recreated This Ancient Pottery Pitcher 100% From Nature

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New Drone & Cochise College Pit Fire - November Behind the Scenes

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Using Broken Pottery: From Trash to Treasure!

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I Had A Pottery Firing Disaster, Why Did It Happen?

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My WILDEST Wild Clay Expedition Ever!

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Pottery Event in Tucson & Pueblo Ruins in New Mexico - October Behind the Scenes

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Better Than Petroglyphs, the Real Treasure at Arizona’s Rock Art Ranch

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The 2024 Southwest Kiln Conference: Hotter Than Ever

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Lecture: Through a Replicator’s Eyes – Kilns and Firing – Cherylene Caver - 2024 SW Kiln Conference

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Lecture: Reduced Iron Is Easy, Just Ask a Cibola Potter – Andy Ward - 2024 SW Kiln Conference

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Lecture: Origins of the Southwest Kiln Conference – Paul Ermigiotti - 2024 SW Kiln Conference

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I Took the Long Way to the Kiln Conference - September Behind the Scenes

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I Overcame Failure to Make This Tusayan Polychrome Bowl

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How I Made Paint From Hematite Rocks

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I Made a Mesa Verde Mug, But When I Fired Things Went Bad Fast

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A Day In The Country - August Behind The Scenes

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How To Reduction Fire a Primitive Kiln

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Make Your Own DIY Olla Irrigation For Cheap or Free!

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3 Years of Trying to Reduction Pit Fire Pottery

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My Last Visit To The Arizona State Museum Before It Closes

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How To Make a Chaco Cylinder Jar From Start To Finish

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What Is Mimbres Pottery?

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Trying To Make Calcium Spalls, Harder Than You Might Think

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I Was Wrong About Gypsum In Clay, But You Should Still Avoid It

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How Clay is Used for Pottery in the Southwest

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Montana Trip and Firing the Same Pot 4 Times! May Behind the Scenes

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Reduced Pottery Is Not What You Think It Is

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Reduction Illustration

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Making a BIG Tularosa Pot Without Breaking It (Hopefully)

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Hand Building LARGE Pots - 4 Ways

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The Biggest Puki You've Ever Seen And Other Cool Stuff!

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What Caused So Many Cultures To Disappear In 1400 AD?

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Can You Find Wild Clay In The Mountains?

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Is This Wild Clay Any Good? How To Test Samples

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Hiking Into The Wilderness for Clay and Minerals

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Making an Earthen Oil Lamp

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Pottery Work of Veronica Silveira and Sabino Villalba, Full Unedited Video

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Mata Ortiz Firing - February Behind the Scenes

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Making a Replica Pot is Harder Than Just Making a Pot

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How Mata Ortiz Pottery Is Made

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Smectite: Funny Name, Serious Clay

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Behind the Scenes of Our Trip to Mexico

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I Made This Pinto Polychrome Bowl... TWICE!

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Can You Fire Pottery In a Barbecue? Let's Find Out!

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Exploring the Spanish Presidio of Terrenate - December Behind the Scenes

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The Lost Potters Clays of The Gila River Valley, Arizona

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Andy Ward Behind the Scenes and Bloopers

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A Few Recent Experiments With Clays and Paints

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How To Smudge Pottery Like a Pro

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Dodging Bad Weather to Fire Pottery - November Behind the Scenes

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Ancient Pottery of the Northern Southwest (Anasazi / Pueblo)

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Sneak Peak at Next Week's Tour of the Colorado Plateau

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How To Make An Owl Effigy Pot Start to Finish

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Setting Up a Shade Cloud Shelter By Yourself

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Pottery Workshop In The Middle of Nowhere! October Behind the Scenes

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Reduction Pit Firing Experiments - Fixing My Past Mistakes

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