May 18th (Group 1) and May 19th (Group 2)

Location: LAC

Schedule: from 10h00am until 13h30pm and from 03h00pm until 06h30pm.

Directed by: Ricardo Lopes

Registration: € 35 - General // € 25 – Members and Friends of LAC

Program
Starting from the object - cup as a conductor, we intend to explore the aesthetic and functional possibilities of this theme, using three of the main techniques of conformation in Ceramics. The objective is to develop the look and experience of doing, from the free but led creation of volumes and their contents, appreciating the space created in the void, both by the forms as by the individual expression.

Target: 2 groups of 5 to 6 adults with or without experience in ceramics

Techniques: Primitive modeling, Rollers, Wheel of Potter

Method

The presentation and demonstration of the techniques will follow a chronological sequence in order to progressively increase complexity and stimulate the challenge. It is intended that the participants have a direct and intensive contact with the clay and the conformation techniques. In the first part, the older techniques will be approached through the simple conformation of small containers with the technique of the ball and the thumb and the technique of the rollers. In the second part, we'll cover the basic steps of working the wheel to explore the simpler possibilities of the process. Once the basic principle of each technique has been grasped, the execution of the pieces will be free and only integrated into a set of considerations about the innumerable possibilities of (un) articulation between function and aesthetics. Between techniques, a historical framework is made in order to contextualize the theme, examples are observed and discussed and curiosities are heard about the History of Humanity and the clay, the geological origin of the materials, the game between the 4 elements present and cooking and the inherent phenomena.

Material

Red clay, finishing texture, 5 to 6 potter's wheels (one per participant, wheel instruments and other support materials (containers, woods).

Bio

Ricardo Lopes, potter potter, develops his work in the area of Contemporary Ceramics from traditional techniques of conformation and decoration, with particular emphasis on the potter's wheel and the composition of glazes. He completed the Creative Ceramics Course at CENCAL in 2004, having previously held internships in Poland, Cape Verde and the sculptor Jorge Mealha in Lagos. He has participated in several workshops on glazing of special effects and traditional techniques and was artist residing in France, Japan, China and more recently in India. He has held several solo and group exhibitions in Portugal and abroad. As professor of ceramics, he participated in several educational projects, in the form of courses and workshops, in museums, schools, workshops, social centers and other public and private institutions.

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