It was 2021. Early in the year, I successfully completed testing and developed my first glaze truly worth sharing. It was a very dry matte surface glaze — intensely blue when applied thick, shifting to teal when thin. I began throwing forms specifically for this glaze, experimenting with spray application to achieve fluid transitions between the two tones. When I opened the kiln for the first time and saw the finished vases, only one thought came to mind: “Whoa — it’s so vivid. Almost toxic.”
And that is how the Toxic collection came to life.
I began producing these vases and received international attention from buyers around the world — but that was only the beginning. Mid-2021, I received an invitation from the curators of the 1000 Vases exhibition to participate in the show, held at Superstudio Più in Milan during Milan Design Week. Without hesitation, I said yes.
In September 2021, my first international presentation — with the Toxic collection — took place in Italy during Milan Design Week. Among many international artists working with vases across a wide range of materials, I was the only one representing Lithuania.
Shortly after, the collection caught the attention of LRT, Lithuania’s national broadcaster. They invited me for an interview to talk about my process and practice — and we did exactly that. For an emerging artist, the level of exposure was completely unexpected. That is how the Toxic collection became the driving force behind my ceramics studio.
