The Ceramics and Nature Course at Cerdeira - Home For Creativity is an approach to ceramics through the five senses: a week of immersion in nature, creativity and silence characterize this course.
Observing and following our impulses, attracted by the most incredible details that nature offers us, awakens our creativity, our natural sense of harmony and aesthetics. Free of preconceptions and expectations, we create our ceramic pieces, being part of nature.
Walking through the mountains we search not only for inspiration, but also textures, tools and materials. Back in the studio we will investigate and test to select the raw material for the ceramic objects we want to create.
In the Ceramics and Nature Course we will learn to look further afield to learn about the characteristics of our raw materials, nature and throughout the ceramic process until firing during the ceramic classes.
Participants have the opportunity to create their own collection of ceramic objects inspired by the learning and days of immersion in nature.
Program:
- "See" nature with all the senses
- Preparation of the pastes
- Creation of ceramic pieces
- Firing of the ceramic pieces
Schedule:
- June 3rd: 4pm to 7pm
- June 4th to June 9th: 10am to 6pm
Conditions:
• Enrollments up to 2 months before the course start date.
The course fee includes:
• Integration in a small workgroup (from 5 to 10 participants)
• Training 6 hours a day, spoken in English and with support in Portuguese;
• Studio open 12 hours a day;
• Welcome dinner;
• All the materials needed for the course including firings
• Free accommodation in our shared residences during the course (upon availability). The residences are equipped with a dormitory, kitchen, shared bathrooms, washing machine, towels, bed linen and wi-fi;
• 10% discount on the base rate when booking an individual house (minimum of 2 nights). The base rate refers to a stay of 2 people and includes breakfast, equipped kitchen, towels, bed linen and wi-fi.
