PATTERN AND TRANSPARENCY | Guy Van Leemput
24-25-26 April 2026
Course on very thin and transparent porcelain.
This workshop is an introduction to making wafer-thin bowls with flax reïnforced porcelain on an inflated balloon, as well as discovering how to make a shrinking support on which the wafer-thin bowl can be hung upside down in the kiln. The first day you will start by getting to know this wonderful clay. Guy Van Leemput will teach techniques for applying patterns with the opportunity to practice yourself. Each participant will start a bowl with one of the demonstrated techniques. We will also make the swinging supports that will carry the piece in the kiln. After this first ‘maiden-bowl’ is finished you will be challenged to push your limits further with a second bowl on day 2. New ‘advanced’ techniques will be shown, for which we will use a mini clay press. The bowls made will be fired on the spot and can be taken home on day 3.
The lessons are totally practical in addition to a theoretical chapter, firing and materials and a DPF (Frequently Asked Questions) session.
Guy Van Leemput
Guy Van Leemput (1967, Herentals, Belgium) studied mathematics and ceramics. He has been invited several times for an artist-in-residence at the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute, Jingdezhen, China. His work has been selected for competitions and group exhibitions in his own country and in other European countries, as well as in Japan, China and Australia. At the MINO International Ceramics Competition 2014, his work “Big Anas” won the Bronze Award, it is now in the collection of the Museum of Modern Ceramic Art, Gifu, Japan. Guy was chosen as one of the Ceramics Monthly Emerging Artists 2020. In 2021 he was ‘recommended’ by the Michelangelo Foundation as ‘Master Artisan’. In 2022 he was a key speaker at ‘The Ceramics Congress, Australia’.
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 breakfasts
Teacher: Guy Van Leemput
Languages: English, Italian
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To confirm your inscription you have to make a bank transfer of a deposit or the total amount.
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