Ceramic - Pottery Dictionary

by Susan Mussi

BUNG

ca: TAPONAR

es: TAPONAR

Bung is the name for the way of setting up saggars vertically, one on top of the other, in the kiln. Saggars are kiln furniture, both round and square, with a floor and of different heights and sizes, designed to stand vertically one on top of the other. They are boxes to hold one or many pieces of decorated work and while being fired are held together by wads or coils of clay.