Saggar did the same on a smaller scale, constructing the round or banjo-shaped bottom. Again the mow was used to beat the air out of the clay and flatten the sheet. The saggar maker was an experienced craftsman who paid his assistants out of his piece-work earnings: he took the bottom and the sides onto a wheel and using his thumbs joined the sides to the bottom. The "green" saggars were dried and then placed on the top of bungs during the next firing of the kiln. The unfired ceramic ware was placed in saggars and then biscuit fired, before being
Martin Craft school. He studied piano and composition at the Canberra School of Music for several years, before moving to Sydney. The mini-album "I Can See It All Tonight" (2004) saw Craft begin to be given critical acclaim in the press. Craft began work on an album, much of which was recorded in home studios around Dalston, where Craft has lived for many years. A full-length record "Silver and Fire" was released in 2006 and saw Craft's reputation as a songwriter and producer become more widely recognized. As well as receiving substantial airplay, Craft also appeared live at many festivals in Europe,