PLATE, yellow to honey and d.green wide rim glazed clay with d.brown Sun pattern in the middle, diam. 12 ½’’, Latgalian tradition, made by Juris Krompāns . The round shape of plate itself represents Sun and its circular movement over the Earth, but the Sun symbol in the middle makes it for us to be seen. The outer circle of smaller parts of the Sun tree, meaning also the ones spiritual growth, represents the movement of the Sun as well as the Life circle itself.

Juris Krompāns - Born 1950, Rēzeknes region, Latgale, Latvia. At 1967 studies art at the School of Applied Arts in Riga; 1968-1981 – „Latvian Ceramics”. Craftsmanship learned from P. Kaļva, J. Pujāts, J. Backāns,  V.Voguls, well acknowledged masters of the Latgalian tradition.  1981 – builds his own workshop and an old-Latgalian style pit-kiln. At 1982 was awarded the honorary title „The National Master of Applied Arts”. Takes part in Master class of a famous A. Paulāns and participates in group, as well as solo shows in Latvia and abroad: Austria, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Germany. Also enjoys creating multi-branched expressive candelabras, considered to be a manifestation of the artistic maturity and exquisite craftsmanship of the Latgalian potters.