Putting the Potteries back in the frame
Date 2004
Oil on canvas panel
Size 16” x 12” 406 x 305
“A Thrower”
List of pottery workers job titles:-
Clay carriers, Mill man, Pugman, Slip makers, Jiggerers, Jolleyers, Throwers, Turners, Pressers, One legged dancers, Cod placers, Mould makers, Mouldrunners Casters, Fettlers, Spongers, Cup makers, Cup handlers, Towers, Board carrier, Dippers, Gilders, Artists, Lithographers, Printers, Hand paintress, Saggar makers, Saggar maker’s bottom knocker, Groundlayers, Placers, Thimble pickers, Fireman, Drawers, Bedders, Packers,
The Potter
Date 2005
Acrylic & hessian
Collage 0n canvas panel
Size 24” x 18” 610 x 457
“A Thrower”
The Saggar Maker
Date 2005
Acrylic & hessian
Collage on canvas panel
Size 30” x 16” 762 x 406
Saggars were made in various shapes and sizes to the correct specifications required, this was a very heavy and skilled job undertaken by the saggar maker himself, the name “Saggar maker’s bottom knocker” was the term used for making the base of the saggar, which was knocked into shape using a large type of mallet usually carried out by a less skilled worker.
The ware was placed into the saggars which were used to hold and protect pottery; during kiln firing as many as 2000 saggars at a time were stacked on top of each other in the bottleneck ovens.
"Men of the Clay" Paintings by Robert Lewis Booth 16"x 12" 406 x 305 dated 2010
Saggar Maker
 Saggar maker's bottom knocker with his wooden mallet or "Mawl" |
 Saggar Maker with his apprentice Bottom Knocker |
