Latvijas Labumu Tirgus: Māls, Curated Latvian clay and ceramics in Makers across Latvia

Curated Latvian clay and ceramics

Latvijas Labumu Tirgus: Māls

Makers across Latvia

Latvijas Labumu Tirgus: Māls is not a single workshop. It is the clay section of the Brīvdabas muzeja Gadatirgus marketplace, bringing together work by independent ceramic makers from Riga, Kurzeme, Zemgale, Vidzeme, Latgale, and the wider Riga region. Delmara uses this profile for marketplace-sourced pieces when a separate maker profile is not yet available. The selection spans wheel-thrown and hand-built earthenware, porcelain, stoneware, glazed ceramics, and traditional black pottery. Processes vary by maker: some pieces are polished and wood-fired, some are smoked in reduction without glaze, and others are painted or finished with expressive glazes. The common thread is small-scale Latvian making, with the individual maker retained wherever the source identifies them.

The workshop

Latvijas Labumu Tirgus: Māls workshop and selected work 1
Latvijas Labumu Tirgus: Māls workshop and selected work 2

Works by Latvijas Labumu Tirgus: Māls