For the Foil Saggar Project the class had to make something out of clay that we could Pit Fire, or kelm. I made two pieces! I made a table with various sized triangles on it, then I made another table made out of circles. I decided to stick with the geometric theme that I had. Then, I grabbled some aluminum foil and some leaves, pine straw, and bark from outside. It was better to have a lot so that the smoke would make a cool pattern. I wrapped everything up and put it in the kelm room for the pit fire.
There was a delay in the pit firing for a couple of days and I had to collect some more things for my pieces. The second time we pit fired it went wrong and the pieces had to be pulled out early, so some had cool patterns and some didn't. Mine didn't really have a pattern, but it had a cool gradient smokey look, which I liked. After I glued my pieces back together (because it fell apart during the firing), I liked the final product. It would have been cool if we had completed the whole process, but I'll deal. This project was a great way to end the class and maybe I can do some pit firing in college, who knows!
There was a delay in the pit firing for a couple of days and I had to collect some more things for my pieces. The second time we pit fired it went wrong and the pieces had to be pulled out early, so some had cool patterns and some didn't. Mine didn't really have a pattern, but it had a cool gradient smokey look, which I liked. After I glued my pieces back together (because it fell apart during the firing), I liked the final product. It would have been cool if we had completed the whole process, but I'll deal. This project was a great way to end the class and maybe I can do some pit firing in college, who knows!