Saggar Saggar A saggar is a type of kiln furniture. It is a ceramic boxlike container used in the firing of pottery to enclose or protect ware being fired inside a kiln. Traditionally, saggars were made primarily from fireclay. Saggars have been used to protect, or safeguard, ware from open flame, smoke, gases and kiln debris: the name may be a contraction of the word "safeguard". Their use is widespread, including in China, Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom. Saggars are still used in the production of ceramics to shield ware from the direct contact of flames and from damage by
Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa The FATACIL (), the "Craft, Tourism, Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Fair of Lagoa", occurs annually (since 1980) for 10 days in August in the "Parque de Feiras e Exposições" ("Fair and Exhibition Grounds") in Algarvan city of Lagoa (Algarve). The fair is attended each year by thousands of visitors from all parts of the country (the last few years the attendance has been about 180,000), not only because of their interest in promoting traditional arts and crafts which are on the edge of extinction, but also for the shows which occur