144. Pitfire Pottery in the Winter - Backyard Pottery without a Kiln

Can you pitfire pottery in the winter when it's freezing cold and snowy?

Absolutely yes. But there are a few challenges.

In this video I will show you how I pitfire pottery in the winter, how I prepare the pitfire kiln (oil drum), how I prepare and color the pots with organic materials, combustibles, sals, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, copper carbonate and salts.

Everything from start to finish - and in the end a closer look at the final pitfired pots.

INDEX:
00:00 Can you putfire in the winter?
00:32 The challenges of pitfire in the winter
01:34 Preparing the pots for pitfire
02:30 Adding cobalt sulfate to the lidded jars
03:48 Saftey: Use proper protection!
04:18 Pouring over multiple layers of cobalt sulfate
04:50 Adding cobalt sulfate to two vases
09:59 Adding copper sulfate to the pots
13:42 Adding ferric chloride to the pots
16:41 How to pitfire - with or without saggar
19:41 Adding ferric chloride to the other vases
21:32 Wrapping some of the pots in tin foil saggar
22:27 Using banana peels to color the pots
22:59 Using corn leafs to color the pots
23:41 Adding hay/straws to the inside of the pots
23:54 Adding salt and copper carbonate
24:09 Wrappong up the pots in the tin foil saggar
25:37 Using steel wool to color the pitfire pots
26:19 Using copper wire to create black stripes
29:40 Using metal spounges to give the pots a fish net pattern
35:42 Finish the lidded jars with copper wire
36:07 Using rope disolved in salt water and cobalt sulfate
38:55 Getting the oil drum ready for the pitfire
41:31 How to pack the oil drum for pitfire
42:46 Stacking the pots in the oil drum
46:16 How to start the pitfire
48:20 Enjoying the pitfire in the cold winter
49:13 Checking the pitfire
49:45 The magic colors of burning oxides
50:04 The last steps of the pitfire
50:51 Unlopading the pitfire kiln
51:34 Be careful when you unload the pots
52:17 The first lok at the pots
56:25 Evaluating the results of the pitfire
01:02:07 Photos of the final pitfired pots


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