DATE TO BE DEFINED
pottery wheel course
with vasco baltazar and ALBERTO AZEVEDO
New tableware for your Home
Have you ever thought you would like to have your morning coffee in a cup you made yourself? Make your crockery? You can start by participating in this initiation course to work on the potter's wheel.
Five and half days of intensive learning in a small group (up to 6 students), supported step by step by Vasco and Alberto.
Five days of working on the wheel, learning how to prepare and center the clay, and pulling various shapes of bowls and bowls, cups, and mugs. You can also venture out to make more demanding pieces like teapots or vases. Your pieces will be glazed and fired in an electric kiln to take home at the end of the course.
Take a sneak peek at Vasco’s work here and Alberto’s project here.
Vasco Baltazar
Ceramicist and designer Vasco Baltazar has a degree in Pottery and Creative Ceramics from Cencal and a degree in Industrial Design from IADE. He trained in France and the Azores with ceramist Renato Costa e Silva, where he built a manual wheel and a gas kiln.
A ceramics professional since 2004, he teaches workshops, participates in national and international exhibitions, and was part of the Sasukenei - Forno sem Fumo village kiln construction team.
Alberto Azevedo
Born in Porto with a great passion for Arts and Crafts, he co-founded the studio Projecto A2 in Guimarães, where he has worked with potter’s wheel, ceramic modeling, raku, and ceramic serigraphy since 1997. He finds great inspiration in Portuguese literature and develops projects in partnership with Design and Architecture offices.
Alberto collaborates with us regularly at Cerdeira - Home for Creativity, as a trainer and guest artist in the events "Elementos à Solta - Art meets Nature" and "Masters and Chefs". You can find some of his work at Casa do Forno and in our gallery!
POTTERY WHEEL Course details
POTTERY WHEEL COURSE PROGRAM:
Introduction Working with the potter’s wheel
Intensive training (one wheel per student)
Introduction to clay and glazes
Get to know the tools
Explore forms and textures
Glazing
Introduction to the firing process
SCHEDULE:
Day 9: 4 pm-6 pm
Day 10-14: 10 am - 6 pm (with two hours lunch break)
CONDITIONS
• Enrollments up to 1 month before the course start date.
• Special discount for our community members.
THE POTTERY WHEEL COURSE FEE INCLUDES:
• Integration in a small workgroup (6 participants);
• Training 6 hours a day, spoken in Portuguese and English;
• Studio open 12 hours a day;
• Welcome dinner (first day);
• Lunch on course days;
• All the materials needed for the course and 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.
ENROLLMENTS AND 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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