Saggar firing
After my artist talk at Art school in Bergen (KiB) I had workshop with students about saggar firing. This the oldest known ceramic firing technique, and what I find so fascinating about it, is the reduction process. Ceramic becomes black, brown, or metallic grey in the areas where there was little oxygen. This process is unpredictable. Every time I use this technique I am never sure how things will turn out, they be full of contrast between black and whites, or just black, or nothing will happen…Here are some snapshots from latest firing. Enjoy
Saggar firing is also a good exuse to have baked banana with chocolade, and enjoy some wine with friends and students. I keep the fire for about two hours, then cover it and leave over the night. I don’t have my own garden, so I am always depending of some kind people to let me do saggar firing at their place.