Saggarware Collection

  • This saggarware piece got its name from the ‘saggar’, or container it has been fired in. While the saggar was originally used to keep ash away from pots during the firing process, potters eventually realized that if various metals and combustibles were added to a saggar, the resulting piece would be covered in interesting colours and patterns.


    The saggarware at the pottery is wrapped with wire, copper tape and other metals and then placed inside a saggar along with copper carbonate powder, salt, and combustibles such as sawdust, paper, banana skins and pinecones. Once inside the kiln, the salt and copper powder cause a pink blush, the metals cause various metallic hues, and the smoke from the combustibles turns the pot gray and black.


    Size: 4" x 10" (10cm x 25cm).