Saggar kiln debris. Modern saggars are made of alumina ceramic, cordierite ceramic, mullite ceramic silicon carbide and in special cases from zirconia. By far the largest number of UK pottery manufacturers were based in and around Stoke-on-Trent in a region known as The Potteries. Their businesses, locally known as potbanks, fired their wares in distinctive bottle ovens. At the turn of the twentieth century over 4,000 of these were in use, although by 2014 only 47 survive, all of which are no longer in production but are listed buildings. The saggars were used for the biscuit and the glost firing. They
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,