How to get shiny black mud?
I have a piece of pottery and I want the fire pit and I want it as dark as Amerindian pottery. How do I do it. Thanks
Burnished "You've received some good answers already, but wanted to add that, I remember reading that an important step in producing smooth, shiny pots were preferred some polished American Indians of the pot dry before firing, to compress the clay particles in the surface. They used river hard, smooth stone waste or bits of smooth wood or bone hard to polish their pots, but you can use the side (back convex) of a spoon. Burnished (rubbing firmly with a smooth, hard instrument), was also used for polishing soft metals like gold, silver or bronze in other ancient cultures. The pots are burnished smoke fired a relatively low temperature, so the smooth finish would be ruined – but it means that the pots do not work as well to retain water. OK … Here are a couple of websites that describes the process of … http://www.collectorsguide.com/fa/fa024.shtml http://vickihardin.com/articles/pit-fire-ceramics.html
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