Saggar may display dramatic markings, with colours ranging from distinctive black and white markings to flashes of golds, greens and red tones. Porcelain and stoneware are ideal for displaying the surface patterns obtained through saggar firing. In addition to the use of saggars, some studio potters bundle pots and burnable materials within a heavy wrapping of metal foil. 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
Saggar were expected to last for about 40 firings; each potbank made their own in a saggar making workshop. Saggars were made from fireclay, by a "saggar maker" and two assistants: the "framemaker" and the "bottom knocker". The framemaker beat the clay into a sheet on a metal table using a large mallet, the "mow" or "mawl". Using a "frame" he would cut it to size, sprinkle it with "sawdust" and wrap it round a wooden block to make the walls. The framemaker was usually an apprentice in his late teens. The bottom knocker, usually a boy in his early teens,