Black pottery is a clay product fired in an outdoor kiln in a reducing atmosphere. Archaeologists find ceramic works fired with this technique in various countries of the world, which suggests that this technique was very important in a certain period, connecting different cultures. In Lithuania, this archaic way of burning has been preserved to this day. After burning with the black ceramic technique, the product becomes impermeable to water and acquires a metallic black surface. The products burned in the outdoor furnace reach a temperature of 800-1000 C°, later, using pine wood, the works are reduced and blackened.
The Black Ceramics Center offers classes for people of all ages in an open ceramic workshop-gallery. In our workshop, the visitor will find a wide range of unique black ceramic products, from sculptural compositions to functional and original collections of dishes.
Black pottery is a clay product fired in an outdoor kiln in a reducing atmosphere. Archaeologists find ceramic works fired with this technique in various countries all over the world, which suggests that this technique was very important in a certain period, connecting different cultures.
Due to the smoking process, the ceramic products acquire a gray metallic surface, on which you can discover the game of many gray tones.
The Black Ceramics Centre was founded in 1995. Its founder is ceramist Eugenijus Paukštė. Ceramicists Ieva Paukštytė-Schinello, Eugenijus Paukštė, Eglė Zulonaitė-Paukštienė and Augustė Šinkūnienė participate in the activities of the center.
The Black Ceramics Center offers classes for people of all ages in an open ceramic workshop-gallery. In our workshop, the visitor will find a wide range of unique black ceramic products, from sculptural compositions to functional and original collections of dishes.
Black pottery is a clay product fired in an outdoor kiln in a reducing atmosphere. Archaeologists find ceramic works fired with this technique in various countries all over the world, which suggests that this technique was very important in a certain period, connecting different cultures.
