Saggar Firing In the Gas Kiln - Opening and Finishing

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This is a two part class, with very limited enrollment (10 for each session on Thursday) Making Saggars: Thursday, September 24 1:00PM-4:00PM OR 6:00PM-9:00PM Opening Saggars and Finishing Work: Saturday, September 26 1:00PM-4:00PM Skill Level: All Levels (you need to be able to bring your own bisqued work) Join us for a special two session Saggar Firing event! You'll learn about firing in paper+slip saggars to develop beautiful atmospheric surfaces on ceramic works. In the first session, ceramicist Stephen Homer will teach you how to select materials, create saggars through layering paper and slip, and then fire your works in the gas kiln. In the second session you'll get to crack open your saggars, clean them up, and apply a finish to help seal them and preserve their beautiful colours. Saggars are closed containers used to fire work, creating a firing environment different from that of the kiln. This method uses various combustibles and metallic compounds applied around a piece and then protected by layers of slip and paper to keep the fumes trapped around your piece to create an environment similar to that found in a pit or barrel firing. The results are etheral and wispy, sometimes bold, and always with an element of unpredictability and surprise!

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