Bob Green: Saggar Fired Classical Vase

which is Latin for Earth Seal]. Once the terra sigillata is applied to the smooth bone dry pot it is burnished a second time with a piece of fleece. A high gloss starts to develop on the surface of the pot. Once the pot is burnished it is bisque fired for strength. The bisque fired porcelain is very white and shiny, but still porous. Each pot is then placed in a saggar or container which is made of bricks or clay. The pot is then carefully surrounded with hard wood chips, kosher salt and clay oxides. The saggar is sealed with the pot inside and fired again to about 1900 degrees Fahrenheit. The next day the pots are unloaded from the saggar cleaned and gently buffed revealing a beautiful surface obtained from the smoke and fumes trapped in the saggar with the porous pottery. This pot is about 10" tall and about 8" across.