Pottery Intensives
Introduction
Pottery Intensives are a chance to immerse yourself in your own ceramics practice with one-on-one support and instruction while living ‘la dolce vita’ in Italy.
Techniques taught
The techniques taught depend entirely on where you are and what you’re interested in learning. Want to… Up your production skills? Learn to throw larger? Work on surface decoration? Refine your shapes? Get figurative? Blend handbuilding and throwing? Learn to fire a wood or soda kiln? … whatever your needs are, we can help you grow.
Teaching method
Before your intensive starts, we discuss where you are and where you want to go, and we establish a learning plan. Once onsite, each studio day involves demonstrations, exercises, one-on-one instruction, personal feedback, and critiques.
Prerequisites
In these intensives, previous experience with clay is very useful, but not necessary.
Logistics
Cost 695€
Cost includes pick up and drop off from Grosseto train station, breakfast and lunch each day, 6 hours of instruction a day, up to 8 hours of additional studio time each day (for a total of 14 hours a day), and a choice of clay bodies. Access to the studio is from 8 am - 10 pm.
Maximum 4 participants. Partners, Plus-ones, and Families welcome.
We help arrange accommodations, but are priced separately, ranging from 40€ to 100€ a night.
In the fall of 2024, there are the following planned Pottery Intensives.
Sept 2-6; Nesting Bowls and Stackable Cups; Working on Consistency of Form
Sept 9-13; Beginner Throwing
Sep 16-20; The Technical Teapot; How to Master Lids, Spouts, & Handles
Oct 28-Nov 1; Surface Decoration; Reductive Techniques (i.e. mishima, sgraffito, water etching, etc)
Nov 4-8; Sizing Up; How to Throw Bigger and Off the Hump
Nov 11-15; Beginner Throwing
Dec 2-6; Surface Decoration; Additive Techniques (i.e. slips, engobes, stencils, decals, etc)
If you are looking for something different, or at a different time, reach out. We can usually make it happen. If you’re looking for something longer that includes firings consider one of our retreats or residencies.
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Build your own Intensive: Cost per studio day: 180€, minimum 3 days. Lodgings (either onsite, or locally) and meals are booked separately.