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THROWING FOR LARGE WORKS | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 3 participants.
During the course, various moulding techniques ideal for large works will be addressed. The first technique involves turning into two or more parts, to be joined while still fresh. During the second technique, the pieces will be joined while leather, and finally the third technique involves adding fresh clay to the turned base, to be moulded in continuity with the base.
A day-by-day programme has deliberately not been specified because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques that are indispensable for learning turning for large objects.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 22/06 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 28/06.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Language: Italian
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THROWING FOR LARGE WORKS | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 3 participants.
During the course, various moulding techniques ideal for large works will be addressed. The first technique involves turning into two or more parts, to be joined while still fresh. During the second technique, the pieces will be joined while leather, and finally the third technique involves adding fresh clay to the turned base, to be moulded in continuity with the base.
A day-by-day programme has deliberately not been specified because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques that are indispensable for learning turning for large objects.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 19/05 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 25/05.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Language: Italian
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To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
CREATIVE MOLDING TECHNIQUE | Simon Zsolt József
The aim of the course is to understand the opportunities to model the forms inherent in molding errors. We will learn how to prepare a multi-part plaster molding form, which allows us to model the internal and external shapes of the final object.
The artist will make a presentation of his works, which will allow to observe and understand this special molding procedure. The second half of the screening will demonstrate the creation of a specific object from the beginning to the final stage.
Participants will start working on one of Zsolt's floral objects, through an individual consultation, and later, they will create a different shape, allowing learning from each other's work. From the preparation of the plaster, the finishing, sawing, sanding and assembly of the plaster form will follow until the porcelain casting.
Simon Zsolt József
Simon Zsolt József studied at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest. He is an all-round artist, interested in ceramics, painting, theater and music. The study of movement is the basis of his work. His particular research is concentrated in the process through the molds or modules that give birth to a particular shape, not the programmed one. It uses porcelain for its quality of fragility which grants a sense of lightness, movement and refinement.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on friday and saturday, from 9.00 to 16.00 on sunday and from 9.00 to 12.00 on monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
23 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 breakfasts
Teacher: Simon Zsolt József
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English and Italian
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LOW-TEMPERATURE GLAZES, CHEMISTRY AND FORMULATIONS | Claudio Gardenghi
Course focusing on making your own low-temperature ceramic glazes.
In this particular course, you will learn how to formulate or modify the aesthetics of lowtemperature glazes.
Low-temperature ceramic objects often need a "cover". which is called a glaze, required to make the ceramic object water-resistant and aesthetically conform to what is desired.
What is needed to make a glaze? What frits and raw materials to combine to make it? How to modify a ready-made glaze? And how to proceed from test to test to achieve the desired effect?
The teacher Claudio Gardenghi, an expert with over forty years of experience in some of the most important ceramic colour factories, will introduce participants to the world of lowtemperature glazes, also giving space for some personal research.
In fact, thanks to the small number of participants, it will be possible both to work on bases provided by the organisation and to analyse, replicate or correct glazes deriving from participants' own research ("as long as they are suitable for low temperature").
All results will then be presented and shared with the class.
Claudio Gardenghi
Graduated in Technological Education at the Art Institute for Ceramics 'G. Ballardini' in Faenza. During his working activity, he has developed collaborations with several Ceramic Colour Factories, including Colorobbia and Cover, as well as important ceramic industries such as Cooperativa Ceramica di Imola, La Faenza and Cerdomus. Over the years, he has been able to expand his experience in countless consulting assignments in different countries around the world )Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, China, South Africa and Iran.
The 32-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from 9.00 to 13.00 on Sunday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
32 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings
Teacher: Claudio Gardenghi
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian
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CRAZY CRETIC GLAZES | Giovanni Cimatti
An innovative technique for the application of ceramic glazes.
Giovanni Cimatti presents, as a preview at Ceramics, one of his innovations in the application of all glazes, at any temperature and on all single-fired clays.
The method involves the use of any commercial and non-commercial glaze that is transformed into a plastic sheet. These glaze films can be cut out and applied to fresh plastic clays that will then receive all the variations in use in the mould moulding process. During the course, particular research will be done on the fragmentation of glazes that will then be pressed by including them in the Faenze clay.
Giovanni Cimatti
Giovanni Cimatti was a teacher at the Art Institute in Siena, director of the 'T. Minardi' School of Drawing and Plastic Art in Faenza and teacher at the State Art Institute for Ceramics in Faenza. He began his artistic activity in the 1970s, developing a personal research on the relationship between form and surface by reworking various techniques such as sangam clay decorations, raku, decalcomania, and terra sigillata, and for years he has also been interested in high temperature. He has been invited to important international ceramic art exhibitions, has held solo exhibitions by invitation in Belgium, Japan, Holland, Korea and Switzerland and has participated in cultural exchanges in France, Japan and Germany. He has had solo exhibitions: at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Kyungshung University in Pusan, Korea, at the Ceratekno Gallery in Toki City, Japan, and at the Museo Civico Archeologico in Bergamo.
The 14-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
14 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | 2 breakfasts | a gift box (with samples of the materials used during the course)
Teacher: Giovanni Cimatti
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CUSTOMISED MOLDS FOR CERAMICS | Marco Malavolti
This course will cover plaster moulding | Maximum 4 participants.
Reproducing a shape for large or small productions, but also creating unique objects from a casting or pressure mould, simplifying the working processes; this is the dream of many ceramists.
The trainer Marco Malavolti will present an effective, simple and creative programme for the creation of multi-part casting and pressure moulds. The course will start with an idea and a personal project and will then develop a model which will be analysed before making your own mould.
The course is aimed at a group of a maximum of 4 people and this will give participants the opportunity to develop many of their own personal designs, even large ones.
Marco Malavolti
After graduating at Ballardini in Faenza, he started working in 1997 as a craftsman and immediately started collaborating with the International Museum of Ceramics, producing several works. At the same time, he also collaborated with Elena Agnini in Munich where he specialised in restoration. Also in 1997, he began teaching at the "T. Minardi" School where he held courses in basic and advanced ceramics. Over the next five years he specialised in moulding, becoming a reference point in Italy on this subject.
In 2002, he opened Manifatture Sottosasso, structuring various activities: his own production linked to the world of design, collaborations with artists and galleries (the most important include: Garutti Alberto, Siedlecki Namsal, Previti Riccardo, Simeti Francesco, Ornaghi e Prestinari, Galleria Minini, Galleria Zero, Galleria Continua, Fondazione Officine Saffi, Galleria Nilufar). Also, production for companies and collaborations with museums where he mainly works on moulding (among the most important museums are: Museo Internazionale delle Ceramiche in Faenza, Museo di San Domenico and Museo Gypsotheca Antonio Canova and Museo Carlo Zauli).
The 35-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from 9.00 to 16.00 on Sunday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
35 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Marco Malavolti
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CERAMIC MAZE: THE GLAZES | Vilma Bosi
Learn how to work with glazes, easy application, decoration and firing of ceramics.
How much water should be added when preparing the glaze? How should you proceed to make a good application? In this course we want to introduce you to glazing ceramic artefacts by providing some basic specific skills. We will start with the knowledge of the products (Glazes, Transparent glazes, Colours, etc.) and their peculiarities, we will begin with how to proceed in their preparation and we will end with the opportunity to try out the main glazing techniques and a guide to ceramic firing. In particular, we will deal with application by immersion, spraying with an airbrush and brush glazing with the aid of special vehicles that allow for better application. We will present the necessary steps to obtain effects in the coatings also with applications in several layers that will be made on clay supports, already fired, provided by the organisation.
Vilma Bosi
In 1978 she began his work as a ceramist in Antonietta Mazzotti's workshop where he became passionate and specialised in the decoration of ceramic artefacts. During her career, she collaborated with the Diva ceramics industry where she was in charge of the hand-decorated department and laboratory. Over time, her specialisation became the third fire (mainly gold and precious) thanks to which she collaborated with various artists and craftsmen in Italy. Among the most important are: La bottega Gatti, Fos Ceramiche, Padovani Ceramiche, Laboratorio Pesaro, Coralla Maiuri and Ceramic & Colours. In 2011, she was hired by Ceramic & Colours as laboratory manager, a role she still holds today. Since 2018 she has been teaching at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center.
The 14-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
14 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | 2 brunch meals (breakfast and lunch) | a gift box (with samples of the materials used during the course)
Teacher: Vilma Bosi
Language: Italian
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To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
LOW-TEMPERATURE GLAZES, CHEMISTRY AND FORMULATIONS | Claudio Gardenghi
Course focusing on making your own low-temperature ceramic glazes.
In this particular course, you will learn how to formulate or modify the aesthetics of lowtemperature glazes.
Low-temperature ceramic objects often need a "cover". which is called a glaze, required to make the ceramic object water-resistant and aesthetically conform to what is desired.
What is needed to make a glaze? What frits and raw materials to combine to make it? How to modify a ready-made glaze? And how to proceed from test to test to achieve the desired effect?
The teacher Claudio Gardenghi, an expert with over forty years of experience in some of the most important ceramic colour factories, will introduce participants to the world of lowtemperature glazes, also giving space for some personal research.
In fact, thanks to the small number of participants, it will be possible both to work on bases provided by the organisation and to analyse, replicate or correct glazes deriving from participants' own research ("as long as they are suitable for low temperature").
All results will then be presented and shared with the class.
Claudio Gardenghi
Graduated in Technological Education at the Art Institute for Ceramics 'G. Ballardini' in Faenza. During his working activity, he has developed collaborations with several Ceramic Colour Factories, including Colorobbia and Cover, as well as important ceramic industries such as Cooperativa Ceramica di Imola, La Faenza and Cerdomus. Over the years, he has been able to expand his experience in countless consulting assignments in different countries around the world )Spain, Portugal, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, China, South Africa and Iran.
The 32-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from 9.00 to 13.00 on Sunday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
32 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings
Teacher: Claudio Gardenghi
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian
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TOUCHING TO SEE | Nathalie Doyen
Course focusing on textures and coloured clays.
This course includes a practical and a theoretical part. The teacher Nathalie Doyen will teach a technique inspired by nature (such as lichens or molluscs adhering to a rock) and through repetitive gestures will lead the participants to a meditative concentration necessary to develop wonderful textures. During this course, the tactile qualities and velvety colours of clay will be examined. Participants will have the opportunity to make both a sample and small objects by practising the technique of artist and teacher Nathalie Doyen.
The lessons are totally practical in addition to a theoretical chapter, firing and materials and a DPF (Frequently Asked Questions) session.
Nathalie Doyen
Nathalie Doyen was born in Algiers in 1964. She has been exhibiting in Belgium and abroad since 1987. She has been an artist in residence in France, Portugal, Italy, China and Quebec. She teaches ceramics at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Namur, Belgium. Works on permanent display in Belgium: in Brussels, at the Galerie de l'Ô ; in Mons at the WCC-BF; in Morlanwelz at the Musée Royale de Mariemont. IN QUEBEC: in the Bois de Belle-Rivière regional park. IN CHINA: at the FuLe International Ceramics Art Museum, the FLICAM, Fuping and the "Bien dans son Assiette" commission. Member of the Collège des Alumni de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. Member of Smart asbl; Member of the World Craft Council - French-speaking Belgium. From 1983 to 1987: training at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Tournai X, under the guidance of Francis Behets and Richard Owzcarek.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Saturday and Sunday and from 9.00 to 16.00 on Monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
20 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 breakfasts
Teacher: Nathalie Doyen
Languages: English, Italian
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amount.
THE NEW CRYSTALLINE GLAZES | José Maria Mariscal
Course on Crystalline Glazes.
Complete theoretical and practical course on the formulation and application of basic glazes and the processes to create the own glazes with crystals. The program of the Crystal Glazes of the expert José Maria Mariscal provides the formulations of glazes and frits best suited to the cristals, the theory on crystallizations, temperatures, applications and methods of firing, reduction and post-reduction, treatments with acids and the formulation for red backgrounds.
José Maria Mariscal
José Maria Mariscal, borns in the ceramics citty La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain is the son of a potter. After a long experience as a jiggerman, he opened his potter studio in 2003 and experimented with engobes, raku, copper and crystal glazs and collaborated with artists Peter Ilsey and Manolo Sierra. He has participated in various fairs, masterclasses and symposiums in the United States, Europe, Israel and Australia.
I find the perfection of crystalline glazes with the perfect amount of crystalls between the backround and the surface. My forms are classic and conservative and I have the ability to control the placement of the crystalls in the surface. I can’t stop to research in Crystalline glazes and I Love to experiment this technique in my gaz kiln. Now I am working in reduction in crystalline glazes and the most important: developping crystalls in reduction and my first attempts gives me very exiting results.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Monday and Tuesday and from 9.00 to 16.00 on Wednesday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
20 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 breakfasts
Teacher: José Maria Mariscal
Interpreter and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian
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THE BASIS OF CUERDA SECA | Riccardo Torri
Learn how to work with the Cuerda Seca technique.
Are you tired of searching for fragmented and unreliable information on cuerda seca?
Do you want to achieve satisfactory results from your very first attempts without wasting time, resources and energy experimenting blindly? Well, this course is specifically designed to give you all the information you need to perform the cuerda seca technique smoothly and without any nasty surprises during firing.
We will begin by explaining the principle of the technique, what the black cuerda compound is, how it is prepared and applied, which are the best brushes to use, the movements and the correct posture for working. We will talk about glazes and how to prepare and apply them correctly to biscuits, both horizontally and vertically. We will see together how to create shades to achieve a realistic effect and we will also talk about the famous “transparent cuerda” variant.
The 17-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4-5 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
17 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | 3 breakfast
Teacher: Riccardo Torri
Language: Italian
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HOW TO DECORATE PORCELAIN SURFACE WITH 3D ILLUSION PAINTING OR DRAWING | Velimir Vukicevic
Course focused on porcelain decoration.
At this workshop, participants can learn how to decorate porcelain surfaces with 3D illusion painting and drawing. Workshop is going to cover artistic and technical problems. I will show how to do protection of the surfaces, and decoration using engobes, two kind of transfers, glaze, under-glaze, over-glaze, air-brush.
How do you makea sculpture of something whose form is variable? How do you materialize and bring under control water, wind, and air…? How do you estimate asuitable stopping moment while indicating that the air will continueto flow and that the water will continue toripple?Ialso rationally asked myself how to get asmuch as possible different sculptures using one plaster mould, bycutting adding and 3D painting? When I capture theair in the form of a cloud, it allows me to paint on its surfacedifferent contents like insects, dust particles, imaginary mechanicalobjects, viruses, or birds. .. By drawing or painting 3D formson already existing forms,I am questioning our perception and posing unsolvable riddles: isthat which we see reality or just a skillful illusion?
Velimir Vukicevic
He has been exhibiting his works for over fifty years, with eighteen solo exhibitions held in Serbia, Croatia, Japan, Germany, France, and Romania.
His works are included in numerous prestigious international collections, including the Museum of Applied Arts in Belgrade (Serbia), City Museum Kanazawa, Seto City Art Museum, and Mino Park Museum (Japan), Romhild Museum and Westervald Museum (Germany), the World Ceramic Foundation (Korea), Town of Carouge Museum (Switzerland), Ceramic Museum in Faenza (Italy), Yingge Museum (Taiwan), L’Alcora Museum (Spain), Teapot Museum in Yixing and the Jingdezhen University Collection (China), the Aberystwyth Collection (Wales, United Kingdom), and the Kecskemét Collection (Hungary).
Throughout his career, he has received numerous international awards, including the Career Award Faenza 2023, Grand Prix Andenne, Belgium 2025, Silver Award at the 2nd Teapot Exhibition, Yixing, China 2024, Grand Prix L’Alcora, Spain 2019, Gold Award at the 1st Teapot Exhibition, Yixing, China 2019, First Prize at the Cluj Biennial, Romania 2017, Honorable Mention Manises, Spain 2024, Second Prize at The Journey of Ceramics, Jingdezhen, China 2021, and several Honorable Mentions at the Mino Exhibition, Japan, among others.
The 23-hour course begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, and begins at 9:00 a.m. and ends at 12:00 p.m. on Monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
23 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 4 breakfasts
Teacher: Velimir Vukicevic
Languages: English, Italian
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PORCELAIN AND GLASS | Anne Türn
Course on very thin and transparent porcelain.
This workshop is about making pieces that seem impossible. It is about understanding how to use paper-clay porcelain and glass together to form an artwork. . .
How to make fragile structures out of porcelain and how to fire them. We will focus on how to make porcelain and glass play together, what conditions we need to give them to control this process at least a little.
After firing the porcelain, we will learn different ways to load the kiln to give the glass a chance to melt through and over the porcelain pieces you have made.
On the third day we will see the results and discuss them.
The lessons are totally practical in addition to a theoretical chapter, firing and materials and a DPF (Frequently Asked Questions) session.
Anne Türn
Anne Türn is an Estonian ceramist who has won many international and local awards. Her art has been presented at a variety of exhibitions worldwide. Anne´s ceramic bowls, extraordinary lights and glass works are just a few examples of her work, that are decorating many households. The “Dancing wolves” artwork, an award made by Anne, has been handed over to Looduse Aasta Foto winners for many years now. Magnificent photos of animals and nature that amaze viewers of all ages. Just like Anne´s ceramics, every piece has its uniqueness. Anne Türn was born in Tallinn, Estonia in 1964. She studied in Tallinn Academy of Arts and in the Institut of Keramik, in Höhr-Grenzhausen Germany. There are many awards and exhibitions that Anne has won and taken part of.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Saturday and Sunday and from 9.00 to 16.00 on Monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
20 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 breakfasts
Teacher: Anne Türn
Languages: English, Italian
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DECORATION WITH GOLD, LUSTRES AND COLOURS | Vilma Bosi
Learn how to work with precious and third-fire colours, easy application, decoration and firing of ceramics.
Third-firing decoration with gold, lustres and colours is a fascinating art that if well managed can be much less expensive than expected. Course participants will learn a correct approach to the technique so as not to waste time and resources. The course will begin with the knowledge of precious metals (gold and lustres) and their peculiarities, and will then move on to the preparation of the objects to be decorated, up to their application through personal decoration exercises. The course will continue with third-firing colours, and the various steps necessary to personalise already glazed objects with decorations (fillets, lettering, etc.) and backgrounds will be explored.
Vilma Bosi
In 1978 she began his work as a ceramist in Antonietta Mazzotti's workshop where he became passionate and specialised in the decoration of ceramic artefacts. During her career, she collaborated with the Diva ceramics industry where she was in charge of the hand-decorated department and laboratory. Over time, her specialisation became the third fire (mainly gold and precious) thanks to which she collaborated with various artists and craftsmen in Italy. Among the most important are: La bottega Gatti, Fos Ceramiche, Padovani Ceramiche, Laboratorio Pesaro, Coralla Maiuri and Ceramic & Colours. In 2011, she was hired by Ceramic & Colours as laboratory manager, a role she still holds today. Since 2018 she has been teaching at the Faenza Art Ceramic Center.
The 11-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
11 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | nr. 2 breakfasts
Teacher: Vilma Bosi
Language: Italian
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SWEET RAKU WITH LUSTRES | Giovanni Cimatti
Sweet Raku is an idea that Giovanni Cimatti came up with in the late 1990s and which differs from so-called Raku in that it has reduced fumigation and the use of chamotte-free clays.
Giovanni Cimatti's sweet raku in some of its declinations.
During the course, forms will be made that simultaneously and in a single firing will have the orange colour of 'sealed earths', the transparencies of copper and non-copper crystallines, the lustres in copper reduction in gas kiln firing and the black of Raku smoke.
Giovanni Cimatti
Giovanni Cimatti was a teacher at the Art Institute in Siena, director of the 'T. Minardi' School of Drawing and Plastic Art in Faenza and teacher at the State Art Institute for Ceramics in Faenza. He began his artistic activity in the 1970s, developing a personal research on the relationship between form and surface by reworking various techniques such as sangam clay decorations, raku, decalcomania, and terra sigillata, and for years he has also been interested in high temperature. He has been invited to important international ceramic art exhibitions, has held solo exhibitions by invitation in Belgium, Japan, Holland, Korea and Switzerland and has participated in cultural exchanges in France, Japan and Germany. He has had solo exhibitions: at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Kyungshung University in Pusan, Korea, at the Ceratekno Gallery in Toki City, Japan, and at the Museo Civico Archeologico in Bergamo.
The 14-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
14 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | 2 breakfasts | a gift box (with samples of the materials used during the course)
Teacher: Giovanni Cimatti
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To confirm your purchase, you must pay the deposit or the full amount by following the procedure below.
BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THROWING | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 5 participants.
Working on wheel is an art that requires time, perseverance and a small group. This basic course, thanks to the experience of Roberto Reali (wheel potter in Faenza for over 50 years), will deal with the main techniques for starting to work on the wheel such as: centring, the cylinder and then the first forms derived from the cylinder such as the bowl, the vase, the cup and the jug.
We have deliberately not specified a programme divided into days because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques essential for entering the world of throwing.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 16/06 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 22/06.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Language: Italian
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To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THROWING | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 5 participants.
Working on wheel is an art that requires time, perseverance and a small group. This basic course, thanks to the experience of Roberto Reali (wheel potter in Faenza for over 50 years), will deal with the main techniques for starting to work on the wheel such as: centring, the cylinder and then the first forms derived from the cylinder such as the bowl, the vase, the cup and the jug.
We have deliberately not specified a programme divided into days because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques essential for entering the world of throwing.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 23/06 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 29/06.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Language: Italian
Download the full program in pdf
To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
SWEET RAKU WITH LUSTRES | Giovanni Cimatti
Sweet Raku is an idea that Giovanni Cimatti came up with in the late 1990s and which differs from so-called Raku in that it has reduced fumigation and the use of chamotte-free clays.
Giovanni Cimatti's sweet raku in some of its declinations.
During the course, forms will be made that simultaneously and in a single firing will have the orange colour of 'sealed earths', the transparencies of copper and non-copper crystallines, the lustres in copper reduction in gas kiln firing and the black of Raku smoke.
Giovanni Cimatti
Giovanni Cimatti was a teacher at the Art Institute in Siena, director of the 'T. Minardi' School of Drawing and Plastic Art in Faenza and teacher at the State Art Institute for Ceramics in Faenza. He began his artistic activity in the 1970s, developing a personal research on the relationship between form and surface by reworking various techniques such as sangam clay decorations, raku, decalcomania, and terra sigillata, and for years he has also been interested in high temperature. He has been invited to important international ceramic art exhibitions, has held solo exhibitions by invitation in Belgium, Japan, Holland, Korea and Switzerland and has participated in cultural exchanges in France, Japan and Germany. He has had solo exhibitions: at the Museum of Contemporary Art at Kyungshung University in Pusan, Korea, at the Ceratekno Gallery in Toki City, Japan, and at the Museo Civico Archeologico in Bergamo.
The 14-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
14 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | 2 brunch meals (breakfast and lunch) | a gift box (with samples of the materials used during the course)
Teacher: Giovanni Cimatti
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MY FUNNY GLAZES | Maite Larena
Course focusing on making your own ceramic glazes.
When we approach ceramic glazes, the first impression is of immensity ... where do I start? What are the raw materials? Which glazes will fit my pieces?
The development of custom glazes is particularly attractive to most potters. In this course, following a simple methodology, working methods will be taught to plan the development of glazes and obtain a large quantity of them. In this way we will expand the development of colouring, textures, applications and aesthetic results applicable to the author's ceramics. A laboratory for testing ceramic glazes for 1240-60 ° C is proposed, both for firing in an electric kiln and in a gas kiln. An extensive documentation will be provided, which will be examined in presentations and theoretical speeches interspersed with the work of the workshop, as well as computerized archiving systems for ceramic recipes.
Maite Larena
Graduated in chemistry at the University of Valencia, Spain and self-taught ceramist. Larena's career is divided between artistic and technical work. In addition to her personal and collective exhibitions with the series of special glazed containers; Maite has been invited to several international conferences as a highly experienced researcher in the field of ceramic glazes and stains. He has published 11 specialized articles on glaze coverings and developed 6 projects subsidized by the Spanish government on ceramic research. And for several years he is the head of the research, development and production of glazes and stains of PRODESCO S.L. and of AICE-ITC, Research Association of Spanish Ceramics Industries. In the field of teaching, for many years, she was professor of the Department of Materials and Ceramic Technology of the Scuola Superiore d'Arte de Manises, Spain.
The 35-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday and from 9.00 to 16.00 on Sunday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
35 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 5 brunch lunch | a box with the samples of the materials used during the workshop
Teacher: Maite Larena
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish
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BLACK CERAMIC, CLAY OF ETRURIA | Gabriele Tognoloni
Bucchero is a type of fine and very light black ceramic produced by the Etruscans to make vases. The integral black monochrome is the most striking feature of this type of pottery and the colouring is achieved by a special firing process.
Bucchero was used in Etruria from the mid 7th century BC to the first half of the 5th century BC.
Gabriele Tognoloni
Born in Gubbio in 1973 and graduated in Sculpture from the 'Pietro Vannucci' Academy of Fine Arts. He leads Unico, in the city of Gubbio, an atelier and gallery where his artistic experience takes shape in ceramics that reveal not only their link with local artistic craft traditions and the genius loci, but also with the direct and indirect input received from some of the most important personalities of Italian and international visual research, reinterpreting these suggestions according to his own highly personal and immediately recognisable language. Many art critics have written about his work, including Italo Tomassoni, Aldo Iori and Antonio Carlo Ponti. Recent exhibitions include one-man shows at the Galleria "lalineaartecontemporanea" in Rome (2016) and at the Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea "La Rocca" in Umbertide (2020), the group show "origine/presente" at Atelier Schwab in Wertheim, Germany (2018), an artistic residency at Atelier A in Apricale (2018), the "Progetto Italia" in collaboration with the artist Alberto Gianfreda at Casa Testori in Milan (2021) and the "Grand tour Limonaia".
The 14-hour course starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 5 p.m. on Saturday and starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
Included in the course:
14 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | nr. 2 brunch meals (breakfast and lunch)
Teacher: Gabriele Tognoloni
Language: Italian and English
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BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THROWING | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 5 participants.
Working on wheel is an art that requires time, perseverance and a small group. This basic course, thanks to the experience of Roberto Reali (wheel potter in Faenza for over 50 years), will deal with the main techniques for starting to work on the wheel such as: centring, the cylinder and then the first forms derived from the cylinder such as the bowl, the vase, the cup and the jug.
We have deliberately not specified a programme divided into days because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques essential for entering the world of throwing.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 24/06 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 30/06.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
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CREATIVE MOLDING TECHNIQUE | Simon Zsolt József
The aim of the course is to understand the opportunities to model the forms inherent in molding errors. We will learn how to prepare a multi-part plaster molding form, which allows us to model the internal and external shapes of the final object.
The artist will make a presentation of his works, which will allow to observe and understand this special molding procedure. The second half of the screening will demonstrate the creation of a specific object from the beginning to the final stage.
Participants will start working on one of Zsolt's floral objects, through an individual consultation, and later, they will create a different shape, allowing learning from each other's work. From the preparation of the plaster, the finishing, sawing, sanding and assembly of the plaster form will follow until the porcelain casting.
Simon Zsolt József
Simon Zsolt József studied at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest. He is an all-round artist, interested in ceramics, painting, theater and music. The study of movement is the basis of his work. His particular research is concentrated in the process through the molds or modules that give birth to a particular shape, not the programmed one. It uses porcelain for its quality of fragility which grants a sense of lightness, movement and refinement.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on friday and saturday, from 9.00 to 16.00 on sunday and from 9.00 to 12.00 on monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
23 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 brunch lunch | a box with the samples of the materials used during the workshop
Teacher: Simon Zsolt József
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English and Italian
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CREATIVE MOLDING TECHNIQUE | Simon Zsolt József
The aim of the course is to understand the opportunities to model the forms inherent in molding errors. We will learn how to prepare a multi-part plaster molding form, which allows us to model the internal and external shapes of the final object.
The artist will make a presentation of his works, which will allow to observe and understand this special molding procedure. The second half of the screening will demonstrate the creation of a specific object from the beginning to the final stage.
Participants will start working on one of Zsolt's floral objects, through an individual consultation, and later, they will create a different shape, allowing learning from each other's work. From the preparation of the plaster, the finishing, sawing, sanding and assembly of the plaster form will follow until the porcelain casting.
Simon Zsolt József
Simon Zsolt József studied at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest. He is an all-round artist, interested in ceramics, painting, theater and music. The study of movement is the basis of his work. His particular research is concentrated in the process through the molds or modules that give birth to a particular shape, not the programmed one. It uses porcelain for its quality of fragility which grants a sense of lightness, movement and refinement.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on friday and saturday, from 9.00 to 16.00 on sunday and from 9.00 to 12.00 on monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
23 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 brunch lunch | a box with the samples of the materials used during the workshop
Teacher: Simon Zsolt József
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English and Italian
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BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THROWING | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 5 participants.
Working on wheel is an art that requires time, perseverance and a small group. This basic course, thanks to the experience of Roberto Reali (wheel potter in Faenza for over 50 years), will deal with the main techniques for starting to work on the wheel such as: centring, the cylinder and then the first forms derived from the cylinder such as the bowl, the vase, the cup and the jug.
We have deliberately not specified a programme divided into days because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques essential for entering the world of throwing.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 01/07 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 07/07.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Download the full program in pdf
To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THROWING | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing | Maximum 5 participants.
Working on wheel is an art that requires time, perseverance and a small group. This basic course, thanks to the experience of Roberto Reali (wheel potter in Faenza for over 50 years), will deal with the main techniques for starting to work on the wheel such as: centring, the cylinder and then the first forms derived from the cylinder such as the bowl, the vase, the cup and the jug.
We have deliberately not specified a programme divided into days because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques essential for entering the world of throwing.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 08/07 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 14/07.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | perfectly equipped studio
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Download the full program in pdf
To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
BASIC TECHNIQUES OF THROWING | Roberto Reali
Intensive course on throwing.
Working on wheel is an art that requires time, perseverance and a small group. This basic course, thanks to the experience of Roberto Reali (wheel potter in Faenza for over 50 years), will deal with the main techniques for starting to work on the wheel such as: centring, the cylinder and then the first forms derived from the cylinder such as the bowl, the vase, the cup and the jug.
We have deliberately not specified a programme divided into days because the course is structured as a marathon linked to the repetition of gestures and techniques essential for entering the world of throwing.
On the penultimate day of the course participants will be given the opportunity to fire a
selection of their own works.
Course times:
Daily | 9.00 - 12.00 and 14.00 - 17.00 (6 hours per day);
The course starts at 9 a.m. on Monday 27/06 and ends at 5 p.m. on Sunday 03/07.
Included in the Workshop cost:
42 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings
Teacher: Roberto Reali
Download the full program in pdf
To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
CREATIVE MOLDING TECHNIQUE | Simon Zsolt József
The aim of the course is to understand the opportunities to model the forms inherent in molding errors. We will learn how to prepare a multi-part plaster molding form, which allows us to model the internal and external shapes of the final object.
The artist will make a presentation of his works, which will allow to observe and understand this special molding procedure. The second half of the screening will demonstrate the creation of a specific object from the beginning to the final stage.
Participants will start working on one of Zsolt's floral objects, through an individual consultation, and later, they will create a different shape, allowing learning from each other's work. From the preparation of the plaster, the finishing, sawing, sanding and assembly of the plaster form will follow until the porcelain casting.
It will be possible to choose between two different techniques:
- FLORAL (the organisation will provide 2 plaster cylinders with a diameter of 19 cm);
- VASE TYPE (the organisation will provide two plaster cylinders with a diameter of 19 cm
and two with a diameter of 12 cm).
The technique chosen must be communicated to the Faenza Art Ceramic Center at the time
of the registration.
Simon Zsolt József
Simon Zsolt József studied at the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest. He is an all-round artist, interested in ceramics, painting, theater and music. The study of movement is the basis of his work. His particular research is concentrated in the process through the molds or modules that give birth to a particular shape, not the programmed one. It uses porcelain for its quality of fragility which grants a sense of lightness, movement and refinement.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on friday and saturday, from 9.00 to 16.00 on sunday and from 9.00 to 12.00 on monday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
23 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 brunch lunch | a box with the samples of the materials used during the workshop
Teacher: Simon Zsolt József
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian, French
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PORCELAIN WAVES | Mette Maya
The workshop explores the use of organic shaped structures in ceramics inspired by nature and architecture.
During the workshop delicate structures will be made using bamboo curtains and string.
Afterwards several layers of soft paperclay will then be applied on the bamboo structure to create textured porcelain waves.
The bamboo will burn during firing, making possible many creative possibilities through the addition, combination and modification of shapes.
These bamboo structures will also be the basis for making plaster moulds to explore movement in clay.
Finally, a selection of the works produced will be glazed with engobes and oxides that will allow for very interesting colour effects in the final firing.
Mette Maya
Mette Maya Gregersen holds a BA in ceramics from the Camberwell College of Arts ad a MA in Art Psychotherapy from Sheffield University. She has travelled extensively and has been invited to ceramic residencies in the UK, Hungary and China. Her work is an investigation into her own emotional condition as well as into social identity and a connection between thought, hands and space. She has exhibited internationally, hold lectures and taught many workshops. She is a member of the International Academy of Ceramics, the Danish Association of Art and Design and the Dirty Go Clay Band.
The 24-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on thursday, friday and saturday and from 9.00 to 12.00 on sunday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
24 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 brunch lunch
Teacher: Mette Maya Gregersen
Translator and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian, French
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THE NEW CRYSTALLINE GLAZES | José Maria Mariscal
Course on Crystalline Glazes.
Complete theoretical and practical course on the formulation and application of basic glazes and the processes to create the own glazes with crystals. The program of the Crystal Glazes of the expert José Maria Mariscal provides the formulations of glazes and frits best suited to the cristals, the theory on crystallizations, temperatures, applications and methods of firing, reduction and post-reduction, treatments with acids and the formulation for red backgrounds.
José Maria Mariscal
José Maria Mariscal, borns in the ceramics citty La Bisbal d'Empordà, Spain is the son of a potter. After a long experience as a jiggerman, he opened his potter studio in 2003 and experimented with engobes, raku, copper and crystal glazs and collaborated with artists Peter Ilsey and Manolo Sierra. He has participated in various fairs, masterclasses and symposiums in the United States, Europe, Israel and Australia.
I find the perfection of crystalline glazes with the perfect amount of crystalls between the backround and the surface. My forms are classic and conservative and I have the ability to control the placement of the crystalls in the surface. I can’t stop to research in Crystalline glazes and I Love to experiment this technique in my gaz kiln. Now I am working in reduction in crystalline glazes and the most important: developping crystalls in reduction and my first attempts gives me very exiting results.
The 20-hour workshop lasts from 9.00 to 17.00 on Friday and Saturday and from 9.00 to 16.00 on Sunday.
Included in the Workshop cost:
20 hours of teaching | all the necessary materials | firings | nr. 3 brunch lunch | a box with the samples of the materials used during the workshop
Teacher: José Maria Mariscal
Interpreter and assistant: Included
Languages: English, Italian, Spanish
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DECORATION WITH GOLD, LUSTRES AND COLOURS | Vilma Bosi
Learn how to work with precious and third-fire colours, easy application, decoration and firing of ceramics.
Third-firing decoration with gold, lustres and colours is a fascinating art that if well managed can be much less expensive than expected. Course participants will learn a correct approach to the technique so as not to waste time and resources.
The course will begin with the knowledge of precious metals (gold and lustres) and their peculiarities, and will then move on to the preparation of the objects to be decorated, up to their application through personal decoration exercises. The course will continue with third-firing colours, and the various steps necessary to personalise already glazed objects with decorations (fillets, lettering, etc.) and backgrounds will be explored.
Participants will be given the opportunity to bring their own works already fired with this technique. On Sunday it will be possible to develop an interesting discussion on problems and defects related to the third fire.
Included in the course:
11 hours of teaching | the materials needed for the course | the firings | nr. 1 brunch meal (breakfast and lunch)
Teacher: Vilma Bosi
Language: Italian
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