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クジラがま

Kujiragama

The Kujiragama anagama kiln and its brick chimney in front of the Can Brull masia.

An anagama at Can Brull, built with ancient Bizen knowledge.

A kiln named after a whale

Kujira means whale in Japanese; gama means kiln. The name came from the long, rising form of the chamber.

What is an anagama?

The anagama is one of the oldest wood-fired kilns in the Japanese ceramic tradition. Its elongated chamber and draft system allow flame, ash, and air to move through the interior, firing the clay and glazing it in a natural, unrepeatable way.

The loaded interior chamber of an anagama kiln, with ceramic pieces placed on shelves before firing.

Built by many hands

Kujiragama began long before the first brick. Magali and Taiga Mori spent months planning it, in visits to Japan and calls between Bizen and Barcelona. Local builders prepared the foundations in the weeks before; the build workshop itself ran for two weeks in March 2026, with more than 15 ceramicists from around the world sharing the work, the learning, and the meals.

The building team marking out Kujiragama's template on a wooden board at Can Brull.

The people behind Kujiragama

Taiga Mori, Magali Kivatinetz, and Frank Richter standing in front of Kujiragama.

Taiga Mori

Bizen ceramicist and sensei. Designer of Kujiragama.

Magali Kivatinetz

Founder of MK Pottery Studio. Drove the project from the first idea to the first firing.

Frank Richter

Ceramicist and kiln builder. Technical lead of the build.

Eito Shinozaki and Fumiyo Inai

Bizen potters and wood-firing experts who came to build with us.

The international team

More than 15 ceramicists who turned the design into a communal kiln over two weeks of shared work.

Full biographies on About us →

Inside Kujiragama

Its long chamber and draft system let flame, ash, and air run through the interior and mark every piece. These are the measurements of the kiln as built.

A hand-drawn plan of Kujiragama held in front of the anagama and its brick chimney at Can Brull.
Tunnel length
310 cm
Door
70 × 114 cm
Ceiling height, stepped chamber
170 → 90 cm
Shelf size
45 × 50 cm
Shelves across each level
2
Maximum temperature
1300 °C

The life of the kiln

  1. Construction

    Two weeks of international, collective work at Can Brull in March 2026, on foundations prepared in the weeks before.

    Build record

  2. First firing

    A continuous firing of roughly three and a half days, from 1 to 4 October 2026.

    + info

  3. Opening

    Once the kiln has cooled, the chamber opens and the pieces come out. We mark that moment with Aki Matsuri.

    Aki Matsuri · 11 Oct

  4. Next firing

    The second firing week is in the calendar for March 2027. Pieces are accepted after review by the team.

    Kujiragama firing week · 2027

  5. Research

    Each firing feeds ongoing work with local clays, natural glazes, ash, placement, and fire paths.

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Infocerámica · ES

Kujiragama: lo que construimos alrededor de un horno

Magali Kivatinetz writes about the people, decisions, and shared work behind the construction of Kujiragama at Can Brull.

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