Pit and Can Firing

1. What is a pit firing? Pit firing is when a hole in the ground, or pit, is created and pots are placed in the pit and burned. Items that are also in the pit turn to vapor and will swirl around the pieces in the pit, creating color and patterns on the pot. You put things like wood shavings, sawdust, grass clippings, dried leaves, banana peels, and newspaper into the pit.

What is foil/paper saggar? Saggar firing is the method of creating a confined atmosphere within a container (saggar) The saggar can be made from anything including clay, newspaper, aluminum foil, tin cans, and grocery paper bags.You then put it in a kiln and cook it.

2. What makes the techniques special? These techniques are special because you can get really cool looking pots because of the color by the way it is cooked.