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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 Language: Italian Download the programme in pdf format To confirm your purchase, you must pay the deposit or the full amount by following the procedure below.
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 breakfastsTeacher: Simon Zsolt József Translator and assistant: Included Languages: English and Italian
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THE NEW CRYSTALLINE GLAZES | José Maria Mariscal
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, ItalianDownload the CV of José Maria Mariscal Download the full program in pdf
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HOW TO DECORATE PORCELAIN SURFACE WITH 3D ILLUSION PAINTING OR DRAWING | Velimir Vukicevic
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 breakfastsTeacher: Velimir Vukicevic Languages: English, Italian
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PORCELAIN AND GLASS | Anne Türn
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 breakfastsTeacher: Anne Türn Languages: English, Italian
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