Semester full day course
Beginners and Advanced
The small group size (maximum 5 people) enables individual accompaniment of the course participants (adapted to the respective abilities)
There is a small, well-equipped studio in beautiful surroundings
COURSE CONTENT
MATERIAL AND PROCESSING
Getting to know the different types of clay, their occurrence and their properties, how to obtain them.
Clay preparation, kneading, beating, mixing.
Physical and chemical properties of the main raw materials
TECHNIQUES
Construction techniques: bead, plate. Propulsion techniques
Shapes with the help of sand
Modeling of figures, objects, reliefs, fully plastic, over core, etc.
Lots of tips and tricks
Production of simple engobes, sintered engobes,
Surface design: engobing, scoring, printing, etc.
Manufacture of plaster molds, stencils,
Special construction techniques with Help of templates and formwork.
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DESIGN BASICS
- Exercises and methods to promote Creativity - exercises for shaping
- Promotion of spatial vision
and Imagination
- Awareness of proportions,
- Awareness of the space and
Color sensation
- Sketching and drafting
- History of ceramics
- Ceramics from the beginning until today
- Dealing with the
contemporary Ceramics
We'll try interesting statements without working on glazes. Burning takes place exclusively in a gas oven.
You can choose to take part in common course blocks and topic-related projects (each worked out in a group) or, develop their own ideas under expert guidance.
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Course times: start Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
short lunch break approx. 45 min.
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max. 4 participants
Course costs: 960.- CHF plus material and event. Firing costs
Material costs 1 kg stoneware clay 2.50 CHF
Burning at 1300 degrees
in the gas oven per kg 18.- CHF
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