‘Kitsugi style and crackles’

Wabi Sabi: Broken but beautiful!

‘Obvara vessels and bottles’

Sealing and decorating with flour and yiest!

‘Rivulets of Babylon’

Wood ash glazes on traditional and contemporary vessels

‘All new porcelain and stoneware jewelry series!’

Go to shop to select from five new jewelry series!

‘Rock Slices’

Sculpture on pottery wheel

Aphrodite-I

Wheel thrown sculpture, foil saggar fired

‘Unerthed’ series: Dig Deep

Seem to be discoverd from the archaeological hoe.

Civilization type 0

Human civilization, is Type 0. Draws its energy mainly from dead plants (oil, coal) or gases, and destroys his planet. In case he does not self-destruct, it is estimated that in 100-200 years he will move to a Type 1 civilization.

‘Hello World’

From the first computer in the world, the antikythera mechanism, to todays digital era.

Mugs

A strong relation with the user

Join a pottery RAKUware session in Corfu

July to September

Join a pottery raku session, glaze, fire and get your masterpiece home!

Every Wednesday 17:30 – 20:30 Last session Sep 19

Cost: Start from 80 euro per person, depends on selected item.
Minimum 2, Maximum 4 participants.

Register here

    A raku firing workshop is a unique experience to create an impressive ceramic art piece in Corfu and get it with you.
    Select a pot or sculpture you like from a variety of unglazed ceramic pieces, and get ready for glazing and raku firing.
    You will learn how to decorate your piece with crackle and/or copper metallic glazes, create unique textures and eye catching colors.
    You will get detailed instructions and you will learn glazing techniques, about this art and the raku firing method.

    The breathtaking moment is the raku firing. We will put a few pieces in the raku kiln and fire it with gas for 40 minutes. When the temperature reach 1000C, we will open the kiln, pull out the hot pieces and put them in metallic garbage cans with sawdust to create a reduction enviroment that is needed for our spectacular colors and black smoke.
    After cooling in 45 minutes, you will clean your piece to reveal the colors. You will be amazed from the results and be proud for the piece of art you have created.

    Glazing and firing will take place in the heavenly yard of Villa Kefalomandouko located on the hill just after the port of Corfu town.

    For more Call Gregory Saitas +30 6945902504 or
    email gregory.saitas@gmail.com

    Raku Workshop - Gregory Saitas
    Raku
    Villa Kefalomandouko (Raku sessions) My studio in Kavallouri, North Corfu
    Racu firing

    Classes for beginners and advanced in handbuilding and throwing in pottery wheel. A beautiful journey of creation and knowledge in ceramics art.


    In Athens. Soon in Corfu too

    Learn to use clay, this primitive material and give it the shape you want by knowing the forms, the decoration, the types of colors and specialized techniques. Our global and deep knowledge, the innovative method and the complete equipment, enable us to offer to you the best that exists today in the international world of Ceramic Art.

    The lessons are addressed to all adults who want to acquire a complete knowledge of Ceramic Art, so that within a reasonable time can create their own original works, but also to painters who want to expand their creative horizon with three-dimensional works. The courses can be attended by those who want to work as amateurs, but also to people who want to take ceramic art seriously.

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    Registrations - Information: 
Gregory Saitas 6945902504
Ask questions within the form included in 'Contact' page
Beginners, Open Studio (advanced) | 100 € / month
(The cost of the materials and the firing are included in the price)

    About

    The artist
    The workshop
    Inside the workshop
    The gas kiln
    The raku kiln
    The artist

    The artist

    Its more than a decade that I’m involved in Ceramic Art. I started ceramics classes in Live Cities, a non profit organization in Athens and continued with a plethora of seminars and workshops along side with a lot of experiments and studies from the international bibliography.

    Starting from 2017, my artwork is exhibitited in various galleries and Exhibitions.

    I teach handbuilding and wheel throwing and run workshops in alternative firings (raku, naked raku, saggar, obvara etc), as well as advanced techniques. My work is 

    From 2019 I share my living between Athens and Corfu, where I created a second ceramics studio with a gas fired kiln.

    I love contemporary ceramics forms as well as I love traditional techniques from around the world. I love and work in technology too, I play and write music with my synthesizers, I run as president and CEO a non profit organization for culture, and I dream and act for a better world.

    With all above in my head, its inevitable for my works in ceramics to be mostly conceptual. In addition, as a Greek, I try to include a touch of ancient or modern Greece, both in my sculptures and in my utilitarian ceramics.

    The workshop

    The workshop

    The workshop is located in Kavalouri village in Northern Corfu,  on your way to Roda. Look in the map included in ‘Contact’ page.

    All the nessesary equipment and all kinds of materials is here to create anything i can imagine.

    Inside the workshop

    Inside the workshop

    The fundamentals: A large table, the slab roller, the pottery wheel, the kilns, music, warmness and good lightning. All clays and materials are ‘hidden’ in cabinets.

    I am still working to organize it,  its new, just moved from Athens…

    The gas kiln

    The gas kiln

    For my new workshop I decided to use a gas kiln. This type of kiln can be used to achieve reduction enviroment, in which many chinese, japanese and contemporary glaze recipes mature.

    You can see the fire rising from the holes in the bottom of the kiln.

    The raku kiln

    The raku kiln

    A DIY kiln with ceramic fiber inside. I took into account every detail to make it functional and portable.

    Handles, wheels, seperates in two pieces, the lid is tall enough so when I open the kiln I can grab the pieces more easily.

    Portfolio

    Some projects that represent the ideas, the recearch and the implementation of my work.

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    Civilization type 0 series

    Civilization type 0 series
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    ‘Unerthed’ series: Dig Deep to nature

    ‘Unerthed’ series: Dig Deep to nature
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    Racu firing

    Racu firing
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    Antikythera Mechanism concept

    Antikythera Mechanism concept
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    Mugs

    Mugs
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    Raku Copper Matte

    Raku Copper Matte
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    Porcelain bottles

    Porcelain bottles
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    Sagar firing

    Sagar firing

    Blog

    Thoughts, recipes, beautiful creations from my students and anything else

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    Excibition 2022 with students’ projects

    Excibition 2022 with students’ projects

    April 14, 2023

    Beginers and advanced classes in ceramics and mosaics class. October 2022 Watch the full video here https://fb.watch/jVwY5HfTiy/
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    Bottle by Chara

    Bottle by Chara

    September 1, 2020

    Earthenware white clay, coil builted, oxides, and silver/lead color glaze on the neck. By Chara Chatzigoula
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    Αrtistic intervention with students’ projects

    Αrtistic intervention with students’ projects

    September 9, 2014

    Students’ projects from 2018-2019 season, in the entrance of the open theater of Ilioupolis, Athens.
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    Testimonials

    Gregory is a wonderful man + VERY talented

    Sophia

    Sophia

    It was an AMAZING experiance.
    Cant wait for the next time to visit Corfu and take a few more workshops.

    Tali Itzhaki

    Tali Itzhaki

    Definitely worth a visit! Great explanations on the process

    Amy

    Amy

    This experience was the highlight of our trip to Corfu. Gregory’s knowledge and expertise are phenomenal. We learnt so much about the raku process and have beautiful keepsakes that will forever remind us of a wonderful evening. Thank you Gregory for this wonderful experience.

    Sarah

    Sarah

    Gregory was a great and nice host. Once there at the workshop, Gregory explained everything about the art of Raku. And Gregory tells everything with a lot of passion. The ceramic products were glazed by us and then burned by Raku firing technique. That was really very interesting and the end products were really great. Gregory takes a lot of time for one and you can have a lot of fun with him. We enjoyed the evening very much.

    Matthias July 2023

    Matthias July 2023

    Nice experience, you get to understand how raku works and have your own piece of ceramic to bring home with. Gregory is very nice and explains everything in a simple way. I recommend it

    Irene

    Irene

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    I accept orders for high quality stoneware pottery sets for class restaurants and unique ceramic sculptures in any scale. Please feel free to drop a call or send an email.

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      Gregory Saitas
      Kavalouri, Corfu Island, Greece

      Phone: +0030-2663032097
      Mobile:+0030-6945902504
      Email: gregory.saitas@gmail.com
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