UPCOMING TRAINING
Training with Guy VAN LEEMPUT (B) – “Transparent bowls”
Guy Van Leemput (1967, Herentals, Belgium) is an internationally renowned ceramist and a passionate teacher.
TRAINING
This workshop is an introduction to the manufacture of very fine bowls, as well as an introduction to the manufacture of a retractable support used for firing. You will begin by familiarising yourself with the material and learning how to make very fine pieces. Guy Van Leemput will demonstrate a number of techniques for applying motifs and will give you the opportunity to practise. Each participant will start a bowl with one or more of the techniques demonstrated. We will also make the pivoting supports that will carry the piece into the kiln. Once this first bowl is complete, you will be invited to push your limits.
Day 1: Detailed explanation of the technical aspects: use of several types of clay, use of a ball, approach to the firing method to come.
Creation of a very fine bowl and learning of three simple decoration techniques.
Day 2: Making a second bowl using slower, more advanced techniques and a mini clay press. Explanation of how to draw a pattern and how to divide space (using some simple mathematics).
Day 3: (for 1st course only): Demonstration on how to make coloured works. Creation of a third coloured bowl.
Prerequisites: Experience in ceramics is a plus.
Participants should bring :
– Their small basic equipment,
– A notebook and apron
– A cardboard box and packing material so that they can easily take the bowls away with them.
Venue: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free, easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Dates and times :
1st 3-day course: Monday 3, Tuesday 4 and Wednesday 5 March 2025
2nd 2-day course: Thursday 6 and Friday 7 March 2025
Timetable: 9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Price :
1st 3-day course: €315
2nd 2-day course: €210
Meals not included. No cooking
Please note
Clay will be provided and is included in the course price.
Given the limited duration of this course, no firing is planned on site.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 8 people.
REGISTRATION: via the online form
General conditions for participation in the Cultural Centre’s activities
CONFERENCE with Charles Bottin (B) “The art of wood-fired ovens, from yesterday to today – an ecological and artistic challenge”
Charles Bottin will be sharing his technical knowledge and thoughts based on 45 years’ experience of fire and the construction of 25 wood-fired ovens.
Programme for Sunday 15 of Septembre:
9.30am-12.30pm
Introduction: Firing ceramics in a wood-fired kiln is a technical, artistic and human choice.
– It’s a technique rich in possibilities, efficient and ecological, but one that requires theoretical training, practice and personal experience to master.
– Knowing the possibilities of fire allows our gestures to harmonise with its action, and interacting with it becomes co-creation. Transmuting the elements in this natural way requires knowledge, vigilance and concentration, as our art adjusts to the fire.
– The experience of firing! What happens within us and between us in this intense, risky and powerful “out of time” experience, the sharing of a spirit?
Discussion and exchange.
Presentation with illustrations:
Background to the experiment.
Different wood-fired ovens, adapted to different situations and needs
Different fireplaces (types, dimensions, relationship to the chimney)
Design, construction, loading, firing (combustion, atmospheres, stages, ash, performance).
Questions and discussion with participants
Lunch break 12h30- 13h30
1.30 – 2.30 pm
Workshop work
Divide the participants into 4 sub-groups: discuss the choice of firing ceramics and pottery in a wood-fired kiln; share questions, thoughts and feelings on the subjects covered during the morning.
Mix of participants (experienced and beginners-aspirants)
Mediators: Séverine Lutz, Eva Kengen, Frédéric Mathieu and Pierre Daubit.
14:30-16:00
Plenary session: feedback from the sub-groups, discussions, questions and sharing.
Possible extension or not: discussion of a possible follow-up to the conference with a practical oven-building project and production of a tutorial.
Dates and times: Sunday 15 September 2024 from 9.30am to 4pm
Place: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Price: 15€ (Lunch included)
This conference is fully booked but you can register on the WAITING LIST via the online form
General conditions for participation in the Cultural Centre’s activities
PAST TRAINING
Training and demonstration with Terry DAVIES (UK/IT) – “The Elephant Skin technique
Terry Davies is a potter specialising in stoneware. His work strikes a delicate balance between the functional, the abstract and the classical.
His work is based on a technique he developed many years ago in the UK: ‘elephant skin’.
TRAINING
Programme: Over these two days, Terry Davies will take you step by step through his making process, showing you how to create shapes using only the inside. You will see that these pieces are pushed outwards during their manufacture, to crack the surface; they give the impression of a dry, burnt earth.
Day 1:
Practice with clay in motion, throwing with very little water (which is necessary for this manufacturing process), using cylinders as a base for sculptural forms.
Day 2:
Putting into practice all the exercises from the first day, and using different ways of making the surface move and break. Understand how to maintain this effect, and how to fire and colour.
There will be no firing, but students will understand the firing process.
Prerequisite:
This course is aimed at ceramists who already have a good command of throwing and are able to turn a good solid cylinder fairly quickly.
Have a basic knowledge of English
Participants must bring :
– 20 kg of their clay (the one they usually use for throwing) recycled and prepared for use. Recycled clay is often less compact and the surface is more textured.
– Their basic equipment,
– A notebook and an apron.
Dates and times: Workshop: Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 May 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (Sold out)
Price: Course: 280 € (meal not included, no cooking)
Place: Centre culturel d’Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station
This course sold out very quickly.
You can register on the waiting list using the online form below
DEMONSTRATION
Terry Davies will show you how he achieves his special texture.
Dates and times: Demonstration: Friday 24 May from 10.30am to 4pm
Venue: Centre culturel d’Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Price: Demonstration: €20 (meal included)
General conditions of participation
REGISTER for the course (waiting list) and the demonstration via the online form.
TRAINING with Andréas GRAU (Fr) “Small parts moulding”.
Andréas Grau: Trained as an engineer, Andréas has been in charge of the technical side of “Ateliers Ulmer + Grau” for 20 years. He navigates between jewellery, ceramics and moulding. He puts his engineering skills at the service of creativity.
Objective:
This course is aimed at anyone who wants to learn the different moulding techniques, with a focus on small parts.
Small parts have a number of special features that will be studied and worked on during this three-day course. At the end you will have made moulds of 1 to 3 parts. You will know how to prepare quality plaster for casting moulds and stamping moulds.
During this course, we will concentrate on moulding small parts, often used for ceramic jewellery, but not only.
There will be a bit of theory, which is unavoidable if you want quality moulds, but will be diluted during the course to lighten the dry matter. You’ll make 4 moulds in total; we’ll start with an open mould and work our way up to a 3-part mould (with increasing and progressive difficulty).
We’ll finish the course with a casting session to experiment and understand how to use the moulds.
Contents :
– Drafts and undercuts
– Parting lines, seam lines
– Size and thickness of a mould
– Different ways of burying
– From a simple open mould to multi-part moulds
– Calculating and preparing plaster, plaster setting time
– Soaping
– Drying the mould
– Casting
Prerequisites :
No pre-requisites but a great desire to learn.
Dates and times: From Saturday 18 to Monday 20 May 2024 (Whitsun Weekend) – from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (FULL)
Place: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Price: 380€ (Lunch not included. Plaster included.)
Please note:
The objects to be moulded are provided because they enable us to tackle the different problems of moulding and, above all, their solutions. Each object presents its own particular difficulties and the different solutions envisaged to overcome them.
The course does not include the moulding of personal items, but at the end of the course, participants should be able to mould their own items.
Participants should bring :
Basic equipment
A notebook and apron
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 6 people (Sold out).
General conditions of participation
This course is fully booked.
You can register on the waiting list via the online form.
Training with Violaine ULMER (FR) “JUST RINGS / Bijou céramique” (Ceramic jewellery)
Violaine Ulmer is a visual artist who also creates jewellery and small porcelain objects, mostly one-off pieces.
Her approach is based on the idea that “ceramic jewellery” is a speciality in its own right within the wider field of contemporary ceramics.
Her work is essentially based on research into form and material. Her pieces can be highly architectural or, on the contrary, telluric.
She sees ceramic jewellery as a portable ceramic sculpture.
Aims of the course :
learn about the requirements and constraints of porcelain as a material for making rings
experiment with different techniques for making rings and assembling different parts.
learn different surface decoration techniques to personalise shapes
manage the glazing of small pieces, as well as the constraints and possibilities associated with the firing of rings
the ring will be seen as a “portable sculpture”, giving free rein to the creativity of each participant
Course schedule
Day 1:
Prerequisites: ring sizes and reduction rates / drying management
Making ring bodies with coloured paste porcelain
Making ring heads and assembling the different parts
Day 2:
Making ring bodies and heads by casting
Finishing the pieces made the day before
Biscuiting porcelain rings: firing and firing curves
Making a signet ring (technique 1)
Day 3:
Unfiring the biscuit, sanding, glazing and firing / high-temperature firing of the biscuit porcelain pieces
Making a signet ring (your choice of technique 2 or 3)
Day 4:
Making a signet ring cont’d and finished (technique 2 or 3)
Engobage
Documentation, bibliography, opening up possibilities
Prerequisites :
No specific pre-requisites, but a certain dexterity is recommended as working with small volumes is different from working with larger pieces (utility pieces, for example).
Dates and times: From Tuesday 14 to Friday 17 May 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Place: Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Price: €450 (Lunch not included, clay and 1st firing included).
Participants should bring :
– Small basic equipment for shaping
– A notebook and apron.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 6 people.
General conditions of participation
Register via 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).
Dates and times : from 14 to 17 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
TRAINING with Maria GESZLER GARZULY (HU) “Printed clay – Screen printing on ceramics”.
Maria Geszler Garzuly graduated from the Budapest Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1965. She worked as an industrial designer between 1966 and 1980 and set up her own studio in 1975. Her award-winning work can be found in museums and collections around the world, and she has won several prizes for her ceramic works combined with screen prints. She is a member of the AIC (Académie Internationale de Céramique).
Programme
During these 4 days, Maria Geszler Garzuly will show you how she shapes and prints her works with images, photos and texts. She will explain the different aspects of making and using a screen on stoneware or porcelain. She will also present other printing methods and techniques.
Day 1: Welcome, introduction and demonstration of transferring images onto clay. Creation of images to be printed from documents brought by participants.
Day 2: Start of the demonstration, work on the screen printing with the participants. Firing.
Day 3: Demonstration of other printing techniques, explanation of how to make very simple screens, paper and erasers to print on clay.
Day 4: Opening of the test kiln. Analysis of the firings. Course on techniques (video support). Finishing the pieces. End of the course.
Prerequisites :
A basic knowledge of English,
Dates and times: From Friday 12 April to Monday 15 April 2024 – from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (Full)
Place : Andenne Cultural Centre, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Price: 390€ (meal not included, clay and 1st firing included)
Participants should bring :
Black and white photos on A/4 paper, with very sharp lines.
Basic equipment
Gloves,
A roll of kitchen baking paper,
Telephone/bank cards
Brushes of various sizes
Knives of various sizes
A notebook
An apron,
Clay will be provided and is included in the price of the course.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 8 people.
General conditions of participation
This course sold out very quickly.
You can register on the waiting list using the online form.
If other dates are added, you will be contacted as a priority.
Training with Thierry LUANG RATH
A potter and ceramist for 36 years, Thierry Luang Rath trained as a pottery wheel-turner and is self-taught in the treatment of his stoneware pieces.
For the last 16 years, his work has been based on the premise of neither adding, nor removing, nor tracing.
The motifs on the sides of the bowls are often geometric. Sometimes they can be read on several levels, and show the presence of each gesture (up to a few thousand passes with rudimentary tools), executed by eye and without any prior drawing. Extreme accuracy is required in reducing the motif to fit the shape of the bowl.
Programme:
Over two days, participants will learn the technique of repoussé clay on bowls previously turned by the instructor.
Each participant will have four bowls (350g in Treigny clay – MJ smooth) maintained at the ideal consistency.
Tools will be provided for these two days.
Several versions based on the same tools will be offered for each bowl.
No firing is planned.
Dates and times:
Thursday 30 November and Friday 1 December 2023 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 3 and Monday 4 December 2023 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. (SOLD OUT)
NEW DATES :
Thursday 1 and Friday 2 February 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (SOLD OUT)
Sunday 4 and Monday 5 February 2024 from 9.30am to 12.30pm and from 1.30pm to 4.30pm (SOLD OUT)
Venue:
Centre culturel d’Andenne, rue de la Papeterie, 2A, 5300 Andenne, Belgium.
Free and easy parking. 10 min walk from Andenne station.
Price: €250 (4 bowls made by the instructor included – Lunch not included)
Participants should bring :
– Basic equipment, a notebook and an apron.
– A small, plump cushion (filled with pieces of foam) to place on the thighs to rest the bowl while it is still fresh (everything is done before the consistency of the leather).
– A container and plastic bubbles to take the four bowls away with you at the end of the course.
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 8 people per course.
General conditions of participation
Registration via the waiting list,
TRAINING with Gabriele Tognoloni (IT) – “PIT FIRING – a journey of fire and colour”.
What is Pit Firing?
Pit firing is one of the oldest known methods of firing clay, and is still practised by certain African populations. The dry object is preheated next to a fire. It is then placed in a pit dug in the earth, bringing it into direct contact with the combustion materials.
Originally, this technique was used to produce crockery for holding liquids or food, and the result of the firing was reddish ceramics with more or less dark spots depending on the lack of oxygen in the fire (reduction).
Today, Pit Fire is a contemporary practice in which artistic research is combined with the essentiality of a primitive technique. It offers a range of suggestions, from informal research to the colours of cave paintings.
Programme for the day:
9.30am – 12pm
Preparation of the pieces brought by the participants.
Preparation of the hole in the ground and explanation of the essential points to be respected.
12h
Lighting and explanation of fire management.
12pm – 5pm
Lunch break and theory during the firing (+-5 h)
5pm – 6pm
Opening of the hole and analysis of the results
Dates and times: Saturday 14 October 2023 OR Sunday 15 October 2023 – 9.30am to 6pm
Location: in Huy (15 min from Andenne – the exact address will be given to participants)
Price: 120 € (Lunch not included)
Participants should bring :
2 pieces of refractory clay or with a high percentage of chamottes (min 25%) already fired in the first firing (a biscuit even at 1000° may suffice). Maximum height 40 cm,
15 kg of wood per person (ideally: half branches and half logs),
Banana peels, coffee grounds, walnut shells, sawdust, cooking salt, turmeric, etc.
1 newspaper per person,
1 metre of brass or copper wire
Please note that places are limited to a maximum of 10 people per day.
General conditions of participation
The course sold out very quickly.
If you would like to be put on the waiting list, please fill in the online form and we will call you back if a date becomes available.
Conference-Workshops
Transmission between ceramists: theory, practice, but the spirit?
With : Charles Bottin, Anne Deltour, Eva Kengen, Dominique Stienlet, Geert Van der Borght.
Ceramics are on the up … and that’s a good thing!
But in the face of industrialisation, easy videos on YouTube and the desire for immediate results, how can we maintain quality teaching? How do you achieve real professional practice?
5 ceramists share their visions of how to pass on this age-old practice.
Sunday 1 October 2023 – 9.30am to 4.30pm
At the Andenne Cultural Centre (5300)
15 € (lunch included)
In French and Dutch
“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
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
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
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
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
