Sounds like an interesting community David - thank...

2008-03-14T10:34:00.000Z

Sounds like an interesting community David - thanks for drawing it to my attention.

Sorry to be a pedant, but with my potter's hat on, it is a "saggar" whose bottom one knocks!

For those without my encyclopaedic knowledge of all things ceramic, a saggar is a fireclay container with a lid, in which fragile items are placed to protect them from the flames in a gas, coal or wood-fired kiln. They were essential to fire fine china in the traditional bottle kilns of the Potteries, for instance.

Knocking them was a way of deciding if they were sound enough for re-use in the next firing; they ring if whole, and sound flat and dull if damaged.

In modern ceramics, they can also be used in the opposite way, to add chemical or combustible material to parts of a firing in an enclosed space without damaging other items in the firing (or the kiln elements of an electric kiln).

And that's the end of my educational talk for today!

Thanks, David. I appreciate your kind words and me...

2008-03-13T10:47:00.000Z

Thanks, David. I appreciate your kind words and mentioning the new community. So far, we're growing like wild. I expect we'll top the 1,000 member mark soon. It's truly an interesting experiment. And, an international one. Professional content creators from many nations are represented and the individuals that have joined are a friendly and very helpful lot. I invite your readers to join us.

Thanks again!

Scott Abel
The Content Wrangler

Join our new community: http://thecontentwrangler.ning.com

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