Primitive Technology: Pottery and Stove

Clay bank in the creek
Digging clay
wetting
Kneading
stone table
mixing clay to get dry lumps out
Clay left to dry and stiffen. No further processing required
Forming a pinch pot
smoothing out cracks
several pots (incase one breaks)
drying pots next to fire
Placing pot in hot coals
Building fire around pot
Covering completely with wood protects pot from thermal shock
Pot glowing red hot, this is required for it to become ceramic
The next day
pot sounds strong
and holds water
Forming a cooking pot
Coils added to build up walls
Lip formed by pressing top outwards
Making a lid to keep steam in
Pot drying
Firing pot
Ash added to insulate pot while it cools
Next day
Making a 3 stone fire
Pot boiling
Converting fire pit into stove
A trench is dug and soil excavated
bridged over with sticks
Soil mixed with water forming mud
Forming the walls of the stove
3 lumps to hold pot (instead of rocks)
Note fire wood can be placed over entrance to burn, the flames travel down and up into stove (this gives a safer fire when there is no pot on the stove)
When pot is on sticks are fed between pot and stove wall
Over stacked stove produces flammable wood gas
Pot on the boil
Pot
Bowls
Stove
Pottery and stove
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Primitive Technology: Pottery and Stove

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