What is bucchero?
Bucchero is a type of fine and very light black ceramic produced by the Etruscans for making vases. The integral black monochrome is the most obvious characteristic of this type of ceramic and the colouring is obtained by means of a particular firing.
Programme
Day 1 – 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm
– Brief introduction with historical and artistic notes
– Working the pieces with sandpaper and burnishing with boxwood.
– Decoration. Demonstration of engraved surface decoration with a steel point. The very fine engravings are then decorated with gold or platinum applied with a brush.
Day 2 – 9:30am to 12:30pm and 1:30pm to 4:30pm
– Continuation of the decoration.
– Preparation of the pieces for firing. The pieces are immersed in charcoal and then fired in an electric kiln, in a combustion without oxygen. This type of firing (different from smoking) will saturate the carbon monoxide and give the piece its special black colour in a definitive and indelible way. The noble metals will regain their natural colour.
– Baking.
Day 3 – from 9:30 to 11:30
– Analysis of firings and decorations.
Dates :
Thursday 20 and Friday 21 April 2023 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm and Sunday 23 April 2023 from 9.30am to 11.30am (FULL)
Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 April 2023 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm and Thursday 27 April 2023 from 9.30am to 11.30am (new dates)
Location: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10min walk from Andenne train station
Price : 280 € (material included, lunch not included)
Pre-requisites: For professionals or advanced amateurs.
Note: Participants will bring their own pieces (3 pieces of average size max 20 cm in height, width and length). They must be made of red clay, turned, of regular thickness and very dry.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 8 people
General conditions of participation
Registration via the the online form
TRAINING with Jean-François Thierion – “Course in throwing big ware“
Four days to allow you to make several pieces, but above all to experiment in detail with the techniques considered.
Objective of the course :
To know how to make the projected part(s).
To master heavier turning weights and acquire specific techniques.
To review the presuppositions required for the qualification “wholesale turner”.
Prerequisite:
Mastering the turning of 3 kg (ideally 5 kg).
Course description :
23 May:
Quick presentation of a classic half-weight piece in three parts and turning by the trainer of the first part (10kg).
Examination of the drawings and definition of the appropriate clay weights and techniques.
Start turning the presented projects.
Powerpoint on the different assembly techniques, at different states of the clay. Salto, two-shaft turning, downward shaping. Special pieces/assemblies.
24th to 26th May:
Alternating between making individual projects and turning shapes/types by the trainer. Different techniques will be explored.
If enough participants are involved, a few hours could be dedicated to the presentation of the work in thick engobes/multilayers.
On average, two to three pieces/person are made. ATTENTION, these will not be fired on the spot and will be taken away by the trainees.
Dates and times:from 23 to 26 May 2023 from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30
Location: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10min walk from Andenne train station
Price: 360 € (Lunch and ceramic not included)
The participant must bring :
- Own clay (80 kg / soft / chamotte / advised). Possibility of group purchase of Solargil GB08 0-0,5mm white sandstone via the Cultural Centre (via the answer in the registration form).
- 1 bucket for turning remains.
- 1 basic roundel per piece (any extra roundels for the sections are also welcome).
- A drawing to scale 1 of the draft part(s).
- His turning tools
- Cup (tea, coffee…)
- A hand towel
This course is intended for professionals or advanced amateurs who already know how to turn 3 Kg (ideally 5Kg).
Attention, places are limited to a maximum of 10 people.
General conditions of participation
Registration via the online form the online form
This workshop will allow you to discover how to obtain the metallic reflections so particular to lustre ceramics.
Day 1 – At the Cultural Centre of Andenne (5300 Andenne)
Either Wednesday 31 May (group 1) or Thursday 1 June (group 2) – from 9.30am to 4.30pm
Programme: Explanation of the process, preparation of glazes and glazing of pieces (brought by the participants) and samples (provided by the trainer).
Day 2 – At the studio of Fabienne Withofs (4530 Vaux et Borset) as the Cultural Centre does not have a gas kiln. The exact address will be given to the participants.
Group 1 and 2 – Friday 2 June from 9.30 am to 4.30 pm
Programme: Loading the kiln, starting the firing. While the kiln is being assembled, theoretical explanation of metallic reflections and presentation of Kypsela’s work. At the end of the day, reduction (It is interesting for the trainees to be present at the time of the reduction)
Day 3 – At the studio of Fabienne Withofs (4530 Vaux et Borset)
Group 1 and 2 – Saturday 3 June from 9.30 to 12.30
Programme: Opening of the kiln and analysis of the results.
Price : 280 € (material, cooking included – Lunch not included)
Carpooling can be organised depending on the origin of the participants.
Attention, limited places (2 groups of 8 people)
Registration: via the online form
General conditions of participation
“A Japanese vision of throwing” with Mami Kato
Do you already master some throwing basic techniques and want to feel freer while working on your wheel? You aspire to deepen your artistic practice and open your vision of ceramics throwing?
We are very lucky to offer you an course with Mami Kato, Tokoname’s Japanese ceramist, who has won numerous awards in Japanese and international competitions.
In this three-day workshop, Mami Kato will show you how throwing can be fun and creative! She will teach you Japanese techniques and how to use deformations, assemblies, etc., to create unique, original and singular pieces!
Location: Cultural Center of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates and times:
22nd to 24rd of June 2023 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
25nd to 27rd of June 2023 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
Price: 280 € (material included – not firing).
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places.
Reservation via the online form
ARCHIVE
Who is this workshop for?
This workshop is for anyone who wants to enter the world of creativity and/or develop it.
The trainers will help you to find ways to develop your creativity and will give you the keys to explore the resources that will help you to create new ways of expression.
There are no prerequisites, as creativity does not require that the person be an experienced artist or that they already know how to create, creativity is an integral part of oneself.
What is the content of the workshop?
The workshop takes place over a day during which participants will have the opportunity to paint and draw (Saturday 28 January) or model (Sunday 29 January) figurative or abstract subjects, in a spirit of collaboration and connection.
The day will be structured around individual and group exercises and sharing of experiences through the techniques, with a progressive methodology to enable you to bring out your creativity.
This will be an opportunity to observe yourself in order to better understand your mechanisms, your obstacles, but also and above all your winning strategies.
The techniques chosen to encourage artistic expression and the tools that will accompany the participants come from: mental hypno-coaching, neuroscience and NLP.
Who are the trainers?
Elisa Calesberg
After studying art, I practised the technique of old-fashioned painting in a workshop in Liege.
With this knowledge and for more than 20 years, I have been painting in a free way and using mainly oil paint. My paintings explore what moves me, through an abstract figurative expression. Organizer and assistant of Mental Coaching trainings, led by Michel Villacorta, since 2010. Rich of this experience, I have developed in duo these workshops on creativity.
Beatrice Tilemans
Having worked in several professions in the fields of health, education and information technology, I have returned to my first passions, which are wood, lino and metal engraving as well as drawing. Trained at the Academy of Mental Coaching, assistant of trainings, I have been experimenting for several years with techniques and models allowing to create spaces of possibilities.
Dates :
Through painting/drawing – Saturday 28 January 2023 from 9.15am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5pm
Through clay – Sunday 29 January 2023 from 9.15am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 5pm
Location: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10min walk from Andenne train station
Price : 60 € (material included, lunch not included)
Pre-requisites: None
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 10 people
General conditions of participation
Registration via the the online form
Experimentation course centred on the different possibilities offered by this particular material whose plasticity is very different from that of paperless porcelain.
PROGRAM :
Preparation of our paper clay.
After having approached theoretical notions, each one will apprehend the various properties of this material through small exercises proposed. (plate work, dry gluing, casting, ephemeral moulds, dipping, inclusions…)
Experimentation with paper clay in interaction with other elements (glass, metal, plants…)
Accompanying each person in their research according to their sensitivity.
How to determine the advantages and limits of paper clay in a project?
A moment of exchange on the work of Thérèse Lebrun and her career and moments of demonstration.
A firing will be planned at the end of the course and a debriefing a few days later.
Dates and times: from 24 to 27 September from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm and on 2 October 2022 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm.
Location: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10min walk from Andenne train station
Price: 300 € (material, cooking included – Lunch not included)
This workshop is intended for professionals or advanced amateurs.
Attention, places are limited to a maximum of 8 people.
General conditions of participation
The course was full in just a few hours!
If you want to be on a waiting list, you can fill in the online form
PROGRAMME
8 June – from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 13.30 to 16.30
Meeting and presentation of the different participants.
Explanation of my working and research method.
Application of this method to oil drop and iron red glazes.
Which minerals and oxides for these types of glazes?
A little theory… and a lot of practice.
Presentation and explanation of the “tables” for this work.
Weighing of the first oil drop tests and laying on tiles
9 June – 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Continuation of the weighing of oil drops and laying on tiles
Similar work on the iron reds.
Some layering.
Firing of the electric kiln and beginning of firing.
June 10th
Presentation of some pieces with explanations of the throwing and glazes used.
Analysis of the results.
Defiring.
What to do after this course.
Dates : Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 June 2022
Location: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10min walk from Andenne train station
Price : 330 € (material, firing of the first pieces included – Lunch not included)
This course is intended for ceramists who have a real interest in this type of glaze in their artistic practice and in the development of their career and who wish to perfect this technique that they already know.
The trainees will have to bring their scales accurate to one hundredth of a gram and biscuit tiles (+-7×4 cm) to carry out the tests.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 8 people
General conditions of participation
The course was full in just a few hours!
If you wish to be on a waiting list, you can fill in the online form
Internationally renowned artist, we are honored to welcome the Israeli ceramist Simcha Even Chen for 2 workshops dedicated to Naked Raku. ATTENTION, these workshops will be given in English.
Each participant will have to bring 3-4 pieces prepared from Raku clay. Exact information and a list of small materials (marker, masking tape, scissors, triangular spatula,…) will be given to the registrants.
Black and White Naked Raku – Saturday 2 to Monday 4 April 2022
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Colours experimenting Naked Raku – Wednesday 6 to Saturday 9 April 2022
Programme Black and White Naked Raku
April 2nd:
Presentation about the Simacha Even Chen artistic pathway and the idea behind her works and the reasons for using the Naked Raku technique. Presentation of works of other artists using the Naked Raku technique in different ways to give some ideas how diversified could be this technique.Preparation of the slip and the glaze for the Naked Raku to be used on the next day. Demonstration of the drawing and the masking tape applying to the bisque fired work.
April 3rd:
A graphic design will be drawn on the bisque fired pieces of each participant, followed with masking tape sticking. The Slip and the Glaze will be applied on the prepared works, followed with masking tapes removing,cleaning and drying at room temperature over night,. Demonstration of other decoration procedures, which are done before or after slip and glaze application on the pieces.
April 4th:
Raku firing of the participants pieces, including sawdust carbonation. Cleaning and explanation how to dry the pieces and how to have a shiny surface. By the end : discussion about the results.
Presentation about the different possibilities to get colored surface.The presentation will include images of works by other artist who have chosen to work with color using the Naked Raku technique. Preparation of the different colors of terra-sigillata using under glaze and pigments. Application on participant’s piece. Drying till the next day.
April 7th-8th:
Preparation of the slip and the glaze for the Naked Raku.
April 9th:
Raku firing of the participants pieces, including sawdust carbonation. After cooling,the works will be cleaned. Explanation how to dry the pieces and how to get shiny surface. By the end : discussion about the results.
Timetable: from 9.30 to 12.30 and from 13.30 to 16.30.
Location: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking and 10min walk from Andenne train station
Price:
Black and White Naked Raku (3 days) – 310€.
Colours experimenting Naked Raku (4 days) – 350€.
Small equipment, engobes, pigments and firing included – Lunch not included.
This course is for people who have already done raku and want to improve their skills.
Attention, places are limited to 8 people maximum.
(No CST required)
General conditions of participation
Reservations via the online form
In this master class, you will examine the tactile qualities and velvety colours of clay.
You will subtly create small pieces and discover a wide variety of textures.
The repetition of a delicate gesture will lead you to a meditative concentration.
CONTENT
After a presentation of photos and examples of small pieces, Nathalie Doyen will demonstrate the qualities and colours of clay. She will guide you in the creation of volumes and their decorations thanks to the technique of smooth or textured pastillage with a needle.
You will define together the intention towards the graphic plan or/and the improvisation and how to pass from the idea to the realization, how to conceive a volume.
Through a process of creation centred on the sobriety of implementation and the slowness of the tempo, his individualized accompaniment will enable you to create several meticulous and delicate pieces.
The end of the course will be based on the reading of the creations and the research perspectives for the future.
Location:Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking.
10min walk from Andenne train station
Price : 280 € (material, firing of the first pieces included – Lunch not included)
This workshop is intended for people with an artistic background (Not specialy ceramic), patient and concentrated.
Attention, places are limited to a maximum of 8 people.
General conditions of participation
The course was full in just a few hours!
If you want to be on a waiting list, you can fill in the online form
Following the success of her worshop in April, Sasha Wardell will extend her stay in Andenne to offer you a demonstration of the possibilities of Bone China and the techniques she uses to work this very special porcelain.
Location: Cultural Center of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Date and time: 18st of April from 1.00 pm to 4.00 pm.
Price: 20 €
Limited places.
Glazes made from ashes have been used by the ceramicists for thousands of years.
Probably initially appeared in China and used mainly, initially, in the Middle East, they are commonly studied and used by the artists nowadays.
Ashes are indeed an extremely interesting raw material for the ceramicists of the XXI century, eager to know the origin of the raw materials they use and their ecological footprint. In addition, combined with other basic raw materials, which are often few in number, ash makes it possible to produce a wide variety of glossy, satin and mat glazes.
Their complex compositions – depending not only on the kind, but also on the composition of the soil in their region of origin, the part of the collected plant, the harvest season, etc. – also allow the development of unique glazes. It is actually an inexhaustible field of investigation.
PROGRAM
Day 1: Saturday 24 April 2020, from 9.30 to 12.30 am and from 1.30 to 4.30 pm.
Presentation of the workshop and of each participant as well as of the ashes that each of them will have brought.
Brief introduction to ash glazes and commonly used ashes Preparation of the ashes: sieving, washing of certain ashes (which each participant will take home for total drying before the next session)
In-depth theoretical explanations, development of research methods Photo projection: the ash glazes in the history of ceramics and in contemporary ceramics
Day 2: Friday 1st May 2020, from 9.30 to 12.30 am and from 1.30 to 4.30 pm.
Preparation of the glazes
Glazing of test bowls
Filling of the electric kiln
Preparation of the pieces for the gas firing
Day 3: ½ day – Saturday 16 May, from 9.30 to 12.00
Debriefing and analysis of the samples, pooling of the results
Location: Cultural Centre of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A – 5300 Andenne. Belgium
Cost: 240 € (material, electric and gas firing included)
This workshop is intended for people who already have technical basics. Please note, places are limited to a maximum of 8 people
Général conditions of participation
Réservations using the online form
Do you already master some throwing basic techniques and want to feel freer while working on your wheel? You aspire to deepen your artistic practice and open your vision of ceramics throwing?
We are very lucky to offer you an course with Mami Kato, Tokoname’s Japanese ceramist, who has won numerous awards in Japanese and international competitions.
In this three-day workshop, Mami Kato will show you how throwing can be fun and creative! She will teach you Japanese techniques and how to use deformations, assemblies, etc., to create unique, original and singular pieces!
Location: Cultural Center of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates and times: 1st to 3rd of July, 2020 from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 1.30 pm to 4.30 pm.
Price: 280 € (material included – not firing).
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places.
Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
Bone China is a paste that was developed in England in the XVIIIth century while Europeans were searching for the recipe of porcelain, kept secret by the Chinese for centuries. It is mainly used for slipcasting and, after firing, it offers magnificent qualities of resistance and translucency.
These characteristics have very much interested Sasha Wardell, an internationally renowned English ceramist, who has become one of Bone China’s specialists. She adapted the industrial molding and casting techniques of this Bone China “porcelain” to personal studio production.
In this three-day course, Sasha Wardell will teach about how to use the Bone China’s slip and some decorating techniques that characterize her work and highlight the whiteness and translucency of this paste. She will also show methods for casting multi-layered colored slips that combine color and translucency. All these techniques can be adapted to the work of casting porcelain for those who prefer to use porcelain instead of Bone China.
Place: Cultural Centre of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates and times: March 8, 9 and 10, 2018 from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:30.
Price: 320 € (material included).
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places. Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
Moulding techniques are increasingly used by contemporary artists because they allow great freedom of creation and facilitate the production of both small series and large complex works.
Paolo Iori, ceramist and mouldmaking expert, will guide you step by step in these techniques by helping each participant in his or her own project.
Place: Cultural Centre of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates: From February 24th to 28th, 2020 (From 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30).
Prix : 220 €, 5 days course and material included.
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places. Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
“Shino glazes” with Encarna Soler – FULL
Shino glaze was born in Japan in the 16th century. Since then, it has been revisited many times by Japanese potters as well as by American or European potters. Its specificity is that it can reveal very different colors depending on its thickness – from a bright orange to a snowy white.
Encarna Soler is a Spanish ceramic artist specialized in shino glazes. She has travelled and worked in many Eastern countries (Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, etc) as well as Western countries (Europe, Latin America, etc). She is an international reference in the world of contemporary ceramics because of her pedagogical experience and her constant research.
Encarna Soler is coming to Andenne for a three-days workshop about Shino glazes: shino, e-shino, shino nosei, gray shinos, yellow shinos, engobe Gozu, etc.
During the first two days, participants will learn about this family of glazes. They will make tests that will be placed on tiles or small bowls. The last day, the group will be able to analyze them after they have been fired in a gas kiln. They will discuss about their conclusions so everybody will learn from others experiences.
Location: Cultural Center of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates and times: 26, 27 and 31 October 2019 from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30.
Price: 280 (equipment and firing included).
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places. Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
Martha Pachon Rodriguez, an internationally renowned ceramic artist with great experience in teaching and promoting ceramics, offers us a three-days workshop about contemporary jewelry in ceramics.
You will develop and deepen several techniques that will allow you to have a wide field of action as well in the creation of jewelry as for sculptural pieces, furniture and design: nerikomi, mishima and agathe, among others.
You could create jewelry according to a project already elaborated in advance or after discussion and sketches during the workshop. To conclude, the course will focus on assembling solutions.
Place: Cultural Centre of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates and times: March 8, 9 and 10, 2018 from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:30.
Price: 240 (equipment and firing included).
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places. Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
A Chawan is a tea bowl designed to prepare and enjoy tea according to some traditional ceremonies, especially Japanese.
Eric Franchimont, ceramist and tea master according to the Urasenke tradition (see http://www.urasenke.be/), offers us a tea ceremony followed by a presentation of Japanese chawans. The day will end with a hands-on workshop where each participant will create his or her own chawan in clay.
Place: Cultural Centre of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Date: Sunday, February 17th, 2019, from 9:30 to 16:00.
Price: 60 € / day.
No prerequisites for attending this workshop. The clay for the chawan will be provided by the Organizer. Finished chawans could be fired to bisque at the Cultural center of Andenne.Limited places. Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
Moulding techniques are increasingly used by contemporary artists because they allow great freedom of creation and facilitate the production of both small series and large complex works.
Paolo Iori, ceramist and mouldmaking expert, will guide you step by step in these techniques by helping each participant in his or her own project.
Place: Cultural Centre of Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium
Dates: October 20th, 2018 from 14:00 to 17:00 + From October 29th, 2018 to November 2nd, 2018 (From 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 16:30).
Prix : 210 € for 1 afternoon + 5 days, material included.
This professional level training is accessible to participants who already know and practice basic ceramic techniques. The necessary equipment will be provided by the Cultural Centre. Limited places. Information and booking : contact@ceramicartandenne.be
