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©Agnė Šemberaitė

Agnė Šemberaitė

  • Ceramicist
  • Vilnius, Lithuania
  • Master Artisan
Agnė Šemberaitė Ceramicist
Contact
Lithuanian, English, Russian
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+370 68824926
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All creatures great and small

  • • Agnė has been working with ceramics for 23 years
  • • She’s still fascinated by the possibilities of ceramics
  • • Her world is full of fantastic creatures

At first, Agnė Šemberaitė wanted to study graphics but decided to devote herself to ceramics because of its versatility. After her studies at Vilnius Art Academy, she started to participate in exhibitions and symposiums, following the professional path of a ceramic artist. She has been walking this path for more than 20 years and is still fascinated by the possibilities of ceramics. Her work is three-dimensional, playing with shapes, but she also makes graphic traces on her dishes using her painting skills. Her works are thoughtful and with a touch of humour. Sometimes they resemble small sculptures, where fantastic creatures tell mysterious stories. Those stories can be found on her dishes, plates, vases or teapots, which are decorative, original, and full of joy. Her world is full of characters - sometimes humans, sometimes animals, and even more often – hybrids of humans and animals.

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Works

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Flowering garden

This ceramic box can be used to keep jewellery, sweets, or memories. The box is handcrafted from white clay that has been thrown and pinched. The box is fitted with a sculptural lid of trees and under a canopy of leaves and branches. The box is glazed and finished with gold and white platinum lustre.

Length 22 cm
Width 22 cm
Height 25 cm
Diameter 22 cm

Photo: ©Vėtrė Antanavičiūtė
Vase

This stoneware vase was fired for five days and nights in a wood fuelled Anagama kiln. The design of the handcrafted vase draws its inspiration from Celtic ornamentation. The slab-built vase was made during the first Corona-virus quarantine in 2020.

Length 16 cm
Width 10 cm
Height 33 cm

Photo: ©Vėtrė Antanavičiūtė
Happy couple

This ceramic box can be used to keep jewellery, sweets, or memories. The box is handcrafted from white clay that has been thrown and pinched. The box is fitted with a sculptural lid with two smiling figures sitting side by side. The box is glazed and finished with oxide pencil detailing as well as gold and white platinum lustre.

Length 12 cm
Width 12 cm
Height 25 cm
Diameter 12 cm

Photo: ©Vėtrė Antanavičiūtė
Swarm

This ceramic sculpture has been hand built from stoneware and finished with glaze and pigments. The design of the sculpture is inspired by the notion of swarms in nature. The phenomenon of a swarm, a whole that is made up of countless individual elements, has always made Agne Šemberaitė feel admiration and fear at the same time.

Length 42 cm
Width 42 cm
Height 55 cm
Diameter 42

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