The pottery smelled of bread

On Saturday afternoon, the Horse Museum grounds smelled of bread. True, no one was baking bread outside; ceramists were working outdoors, testing a new gas firing kiln. After removing the fired goods from the kiln, they dipped them into very liquid bread dough to cool. That's why the entire area around smelled of bread, which surprised visitors to the Horse Museum.

To tell the story from the beginning, this was not the first themed Saturday organized by the Horse Museum. Previously, there was Iron Day, and the following Saturday will be Harvest Day. For Clay Day, ceramists Romas Galiauskas (Upytė Crafts Center, Panevėžys district), Renata Umbrasienė (Craft Hill, Inkūnai), and Genovaitė Vaičekauskienė from Subačius, who was invited by Anykščiai ceramist Skaidrė Račkaitytė, visited the Horse Museum.

From 12 PM, the ceramists arranged their brought works, explaining the production methods used for the ceramic items. After lighting the new firing kiln, the temperature quickly rose to 1000 degrees. Then, the ceramists removed the fired items, dipping some into bread leaven and others into wood sawdust. The first ceramic firing is called leaven firing, the second – raku firing.

The spreading smell of bread attracted many spectators who admired the ceramic items and bought many of them after they cooled down.

At 2 PM, in the Striukai Homestead barn at the Horse Museum, the Molėtai Cultural Center Puppet Theatre "Rudnosiukas" performed a play for children titled "Molio Motiejukas" (Clay Matas) (dir. Laima Grigelevičienė). This play perfectly matched the day's theme.

From 3 PM, traditional melodies performed by the Magylai family band from Utena could be heard.

Dalina RUPINSKIENĖ

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