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

In which I make a Mesa Verde mug using authentic materials and then have big problems in the firing.
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0:00 Coil building the mug
6:05 Mesa Verde pottery uses organic paint
8:14 Attaching a handle using the rivet method
9:56 Slipping and polishing the mug
11:04 Painting designs with Ricky Mountain Beeplant
13:44 The story of smothered trench kiln firing
16:22 How I fired my mug
21:28 Opening the kiln, big reveal

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