Southwest Pottery

Tracking the Lost Mogollon Across the Ancient Southwest – A Short Documentary

46 Comments / Southwestern Ceramics /

The archaeological record contains clues about a group of people who moved around the ancient Southwest making beautiful red ware pottery. Can we track these "Lost Mogollon" based on the pottery they left behind? Follow me as I take you on a whirlwind tour around the American Southwest to look at the clues related to these people and their stunning pottery.

0:00 San Pedro River
3:14 Alkali Ridge
5:00 Edge of the Cedars
8:20 Reeve Ruin
10:55 Reasons Why They Returned
12:23 Conclusion

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The Oldest Potters Clay in the Southwest is Disappearing

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I go looking for the oldest potters clay in the American Southwest near Tucson, Arizona only to find that this clay is rapidly disappearing beneath concrete. Explore the remote prehistory of ceramics and the long ancient ceramic traditions of the Tucson area.

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Make a Southwest Style Sugar Bowl, Coil Pottery Project

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Another in my "Practical Primitive" series, this time I am replacing a broken sugar canister. This is a fun project that you can follow along with at home and make this great Southwest style sugar bowl. If you are interested in making this and have questions about what materials and tools to use here is a list of materials and substitutes

A sugar bowl is something everyone can use and the pottery does not need to be sealed to use for dry material storage so earthenware like this works great.

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0:00 Sugar Bowl Project & Needed Tools
1:06 Coil Building a Pot
4:30 Turning a Pot Into a Lidded Bowl
7:37 Scraping and Smoothing The Pot
8:44 Slipping and Burnishing the Sugar Bowl
9:53 Painting Designs on the Sugar Bowl
11:17 Firing the Sugar Bowl in My Yard
12:35 The Reveal and Using the Sugar Bowl

3 Things You Need to Start Making Southwest Pottery

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Getting started making Southwest pottery can seem daunting. This video will help you connect with all the resources you need to start in Southwest pottery, the tools, materials and the skills. Below are links to some of the resources I talk about in the video.

TOOLS
Gourd scrapers and polishing stones:
Pukis:

MATERIALS
Low fire clay:
Iron oxide for paint:

SKILLS – SELF PACED
Online video classes:
My blog:
Tony Soares YouTube channel:
Clint Swink's book:

SKILLS – WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
Andy Ward (me):
Cherylene Caver:
Kelly Magleby:
SW Kiln Conference:

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Learn Corrugated Pottery From Master Potter John Olsen

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Master Potter John Olsen has been making Anasazi replica pottery for longer than I have been alive. He is well known as the master of corrugated pottery. In this video he talks about how he became a potter and teaches how to make authentic Anasazi corrugated pottery from his home in Boulder, Utah.

John often teaches pottery with Kelly Magleby, her workshops are listed here

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