MadDog Mike's Platterful of Pupule - El Tiki/Ben Wilson Wall Finished - Other Crafts

M MadDogMike Grand Member (8 years) The Anvil of the Sun Joined: Mar 30, 2008 Posts: 11035	M MadDogMike Posted posted on Fri, Jun 5, 2009 10:30 AM Yes, pretty much. Technically, I think a Sagar is a container that you put a ceramic piece inside of to fire, like a larger clay pot or aluminum foil. Then you fire it either in a kiln or pit. With Sagar, you can put different chemicals and/or organic matter in each container and get varied results within the same firing. In a pit, everything is exposed to the same smoke/fumes and everything gets pretty much the same coloring. Barrel firing is for lazy people like me, you just pile everything into a 55 gallon drum instead of digging a hole :)

Yes, pretty much. Technically, I think a Sagar is a container that you put a ceramic piece inside of to fire, like a larger clay pot or aluminum foil. Then you fire it either in a kiln or pit. With Sagar, you can put different chemicals and/or organic matter in each container and get varied results within the same firing. In a pit, everything is exposed to the same smoke/fumes and everything gets pretty much the same coloring.

Barrel firing is for lazy people like me, you just pile everything into a 55 gallon drum instead of digging a hole :)

Post #459288 by MadDogMike on Fri, Jun 5, 2009 10:30 AM