Welcome to saggar in the city. Hot, fiery, smoky scenes. Smooth moves and slippery surfaces all passionately applied. All things natural and raw, oxygen and carbon - the essential earthly elements of life - this is my sort of pottery!

Now what of the saggar? What will I use? And what of young men in shirtless overalls? - Welcome to Chapter Two - ‘the saga of my saggar’

Delving into the slippery, mysterious, velvet world of terra sigillata, I prepare my test vases for the fire.

Where we dress the vases in luxury organics and lay them to wait in their combustable boudoirs ….

The first two test vases seductively reveal their glory, peeping out of their saggars in the early morning sunrise ….

Second time around, with more experience we indulge the senses with sensual results ….

Third time in … Rich and raw - oppulant and deep results - red clays textures and ochre hues ….