14-16 JUNE

2024

  • Capacity

    7-1O People

  • Schedule

    10h-13h
    15h-18h

  • Price

    980€*
    *Special discount for
    community members

  • Difficulty

    For all those interested in this subject with or without experience.

  • Additional information

    Lunch included on course days

    Check the accommodation options included below

    Enrollments until 2 months before the starting date

 

Creating Sounds with Ceramics workshop

with Martín Gastón Merlos e Julieta Bilbao

-Nómada Cerámica-

The Creating Sounds with Ceramics workshop will introduce the participants to the world of sound ceramics, guided by Martín and Julieta.

In our village, Nómada Cerámica will share their practice focused on researching and experimenting with the specific materials of each geography.They will also connect us to the five elements - the dialog between clay, water and air; transformation through the action of fire; and the intangible embodiment of sound. 

Inspired by visual and sound aesthetics of America ancient cultures, in this 3-day workshop you’ll be able to learn how to make your own aerophone ceramic instruments.

In the end, you’ll take home four types of whistles, one sculptural globular flute (ocarina) and one tubular flute, along with this culture immersive and creative experience in Cerdeira.

What will you learn in this workshop?

  • The sounds of Ancient America - historical and geographical contextualization of the cultures that have created aerophonic ceramic instruments.

  • Manual techniques for ceramic construction, such as pinch, roll, and plate construction technique.

  • Design and construction of 4 different whistles (small format), 1 globular flute and 1 tubular flute (medium format);

  • Making the sound system;

  • Sculptural decoration and modeling;

  • Woodfiring;

 

Martín Gastón Merlos and Julieta Bilbao are two ceramicists from Argentina. Martín is a ceramics and sculpture professor at the National University of La Plata (UNLP); Julieta is a photographer, ceramist, and cultural manager. Together, they created the Nómada Cerámica project.

Martín and Julieta specialize in sound ceramics, ceramic design/production, and design/construction of ceramic kilns. They have worked in the field for 15 years and held conferences, workshops, residencies, and concerts in Latin America since 2017. This is their first workshop in Europe, and they were invited by Cerdeira - Home for Creativity.

By creating sound sculptural objects, Nómada Céramica’s work traces a genealogy between the past and the present, bringing to life an aesthetic, poetic, and sacred language that survives in the transdisciplinarity of this project, adapted to innovation in contemporary artistic practice. In Nómada Cerámica, all these languages coexist ceramics, sculpture, music, anthropology, and archaeology.

Find more about this project here.

 

WORKSHOP details

PROGRAM:

1st day: Theoretical and practical training. Construction of different types of silbatos and globular flutes.

2nd day: Construction of a tubular flute. Sculptural modeling.

3rd day: Finish the pieces and wood fire.

SCHEDULE:

Day 13th: Reception of participants and check-in from 3 pm to 9 pm. Rest.

Day 14th, 15th, and 16th: workshop from 10 am to 6 pm in the studio, with a two-hour lunch break.

CONDITIONS

• Enrollments up to 2 months before the course start date.

• Special discount for our community members.

 

THE WORKSHOP FEE INCLUDES:

• Integration in a small workgroup (from 7 to 10 participants);

• Training 6 hours a day, spoken Spanish with Portuguese and English support;

. Bibliographic materials to support the workshop (digital format);

• Studio open 12 hours a day;

• All the materials needed for the course;

• Lunch on course days;

• Free accommodation in our hostel during the course (upon availability). The hostel is 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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