About me

Since 2003, I have been studying and practicing in outstanding Japanese pottery workshops of Tanba, Shigaraki, Echizen, Tokoname, Seto, Thajimi, Kutani, Hagi, Mino, Bizen. In 2010, I founded a pottery studio in Misato, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. At the same time, I delved into the practical ceramics traditions in Lithuania.
In 2010, I was awarded the status of Art Creator, and in 2013, the National Heritage Product Certificate.
In 2014, I established the Ceramic Art Center in Lithuania - in Dukstai near Vilnius and installed wood-firing kiln “Karmazinu Anagama”. The Anagama kiln is an ancient type of pottery kiln brought to Japan from China via Korea in the 5th century. An Anagama works because the fire at one end produces a tremendous amount of ash and is drawn through the filled chamber toward the chimney. In some 5 days and nights burning dozens cubic meters of pinewood, the kiln heats up to 1300°C - 1400°C, The ash of the burned wood melts and creates a natural glaze covering the ceramic surfaces.
Currently, new "Dukstos Anagama" kiln is on the run already.
My studio Sodo Gallery is open for visitors in Vilnius and Anagama Ceramic Art Centre autside the city. You are welcome to visit and purchase my works or take part in pottery workshops.

my anagama works

these are works of special aesthetics, high fired in Anagama kilns. During Anagama woodfiring in 115 hours, the articles acquire extraordinary beauty and durability. In Anagama's volcanic heat of 1300°C, special clay products simply petrifies. In such heat, the ashes of wood melts, and the flames paints with melted ashes on the surfaces of my works. While still gluing these works, you have to project out where the ashes will be laid, from which side the articles will be surrounded by flames, where the ashes will accumulate, where the melting ashes will drip. In my Anagama, the pottery burns for five days or more, extracting special surface textures and shades that spill from earthy tones to fiery glows. The firing of an Anagama is a special skill in decorating ceramics with a touch of flame

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my wood fired ash glaze works

these articles are decorated with a mixture of molten wood ash, ground stone dust and various types of clay. In a wood-firing kiln under the temperature up to 1300°C, these substances melt to form a so-called ash glaze. Specific shades and glosses are obtained by creating an atmosphere of reduction or oxidation in the kiln. Like the Anagama utensils, these are extremely resistant, although burning for a much shorter time, only 12 hours. Glazes derived from an alloy of natural materials give articles a specific beauty. The decor of this collection is exceptional not only for its material naturalness, but also for the seemingly harmonious colors.

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my anagama sculptures

my ceramic sculptures were fired for five days (115 hours) in the Karmazinu Anagama kiln. This highly sought atmospheric firing process results in a naturally applied ash "glaze" - the meletd ash. These fine specimens are chock full of flashing, ash deposits, and delightful bantering of surface oxidation and reduction. The technological specifics of the anagama allow to extract an extremely wide range of colors, shades and textures, which give the work a unique originality and incredible physical resistance, to be exhibited outdoors in any climatic conditions.

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