AUGUST 8TH | AUGUST 18TH

  • Capacity

    up to 6 People

  • Schedule

    10h-12h30

  • Price

    35

  • Dificulty

    Suitable for adults and children aged 8 and over

  • Additional information

    Registration subject to prior booking at least 48 hours in advance

 
 

clay & flora

WITH Rita pereira

Creative Experience

In this creative experience, we've aligned two characteristics that define our village - clay and flora. With them, we'll create a small clay panels to remind you of your stay and the nature that surrounds Cerdeira.

You'll learn to identify some of the plants and trees in the surrounding flora, collecting some of them and learning about their shape and properties. Then, you'll create your own clay tiles and decorate them in a small panel with the plants you've collected. 

These natural clay impressions will forever remind you of the nature of this village!

This experience includes all materials and the firing of your pieces. (It excludes shipping.) This activity is subject to weather conditions.

You will learn:

  • Learning the flora and the importance of biodiversity

  • Basic knowledge necessary for working with clay;

  • Weigh, knead, store, reuse, and recycle clay;

  • Drying processes;

  • Handbuilding techniques such as slabbing;

  • The use of plants and natural elements;

  • Know some auxiliary tools and utensils;

 

Rita Pereira, in mid-2015, enrolled in the Fine Arts degree at the University of Porto, specializing in visual arts - painting. After earning her degree, she collaborated with the Associação Oficinas do Convento at the Telheiro da Encosta do Castelo, where she first encountered ceramics. Through the production of bricks and handmade tiles, she developed her knowledge of clay as well as her initial experiences with wood-fired kilns.

Her work with clay also sparked an interest in earthen architecture and the vast possibilities that clay offers.

In 2024, she began collaborating with Cerdeira-Home for Creativity in the ceramics studio. Here, she continues to develop her craft, teaching introductory ceramics workshops and assisting with long-term courses.

 

experience DETAILS

SCHEDULE

  • 10h to 12h30

CONDITIONS

• Registration subject to prior booking at least 48 hours in advance

• All the materials are included.

• The firing of the pieces created during the experiment will later take place in our electric oven.

• Children aged 8 to 11 (inclusive) can participate as long as they are accompanied by a paying adult.

• The event will take place if we reach the minimum required participants to run it. Should the event not take place due to a low participation rate, the full registration fee will be refunded to all registered attendees.

MORE INFO:

artsandcrafts@cerdeirahomeforcreativity.com

+351 913 989 281*

*(call to national mobile network)

CANCELLATION POLICY FOR COURSES AND WORKSHOPS

You may withdraw within 14 days of registration, paying the correspondent transfer fees. Following the EU consumer protection legislation, payments are not refunded past 14 days of registration. The payment will be fully reimbursed if the training cannot be held because of insufficient students.

Suppose the training is canceled by Cerdeira - Home For Creativity for reasons of significant force such as a pandemic, civil disorder, a natural catastrophe, medical or family issues of the teacher, and others beyond our control. In that case, Cerdeira will offer a voucher for a different workshop of your choice. The voucher is valid for two years.

 
 

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