About
Daga Design is a ceramics studio which produces fine art collectables. All the forms we make are of our own creation, and we use distinctive glaze recipes.
Daga Design studio was established by Maigons "Mike" Daga . Daga began his career in studio ceramics in 1954, just a few years after arriving in Adelaide, South Australia, as a refugee from Latvia and WW2.
His early works focused on, but were not limited to functional forms.
M. Daga (and family) relocated to North America in 1964, where he continued producing ceramics from his home. In 1970, Daga opened his studio in Minneapolis where it remains to this day.
During the 70's, Daga produced a number of commissioned works, including the 'Sears, Vincent Price National Treasures', which replicated colonial Williamsburg pottery from the 1700's.
In the 1980's Daga began sculpting and producing the animal forms for which he has become widely known.
Maigons Daga passed away in 2001, and the studio was closed for a number of years.
Today the Daga studio has been revived and refitted. The threads of the past are woven into the second generation through the synergy of Maigons Daga, his son Ilgvar Daga, and Camden Magnus.
These pages will introduce you to the studio as it is today. You will find we are now using cast bases and enviromentally aware glazes. Our website is complete with a gallery, providing secure online purchasing.
We are proud to continue what M. Daga had begun.
