CERAMIC PAINTING COURSE

THE COURSES ARE OPEN EVERY DAY BY RESERVATION, from Monday to Friday from 1.30PM to 8.00PM and on Wednesday evening until 9.30PM. For foreigners, the course is held in English.

The course can be started at any time of the year and is designed as an hourly package to scale. Everyone can choose the time and day of attendance by communicating it week by week.

ORGANIZATION AND COSTS

Period: All year round. Entries every week

Attendance: We recommend 2-hour lessons, one or more times a week.

Duration: Entrance package of 10 hours of lessons.

Cost (basic course including materials and cooking): € 188.00

One-off secretarial fees: € 15

How to register: Call 051 634 6848, during the times indicated above, to book your first appointment.

TARGETS

The basic ceramic decoration course is aimed at learning the hot decoration techniques for making majolica. Students will learn the techniques of overglaze and sub-crystalline decoration, in order to obtain ceramics painted with motifs chosen by the student

The basic program includes the decoration of a terracotta plate provided by the laboratory.

The processing steps will be:

- enamelling of the piece with white enamel
- transfer of the chosen decoration by dusting
- brush decoration with ceramic oxides, overglaze
- firing to obtain artistic ceramics (majolica)

At the end of the admission package of 10 hours of lessons, students will be able to continue the pottery course by purchasing from single hour to hourly packages to scale up to their choice with offers on quantity. In this way each student will be able to choose how long they want to make their learning path last.

Those who want to continue learning the secrets of ceramics can try their hand at:

- DECORATION WITH CERAMIC ENAMELS

- DECORATION WITH ENGOBBI- ENAMEL DECORATION WITH RESERVE: CUERDA SECA

- UNDER-CRYSTALLINE DECORATION

- HOT DECORATION IN MIXED TECHNIQUE

- THIRD FIRE DECORATION

The Ceramic decoration course is aimed at everyone, from beginners to expert ceramists:

Those who have no experience in the subject will find a friendly environment and highly qualified teachers who will be able to introduce the subject from the basics.

Those who already have experience in the sector will study an ad hoc program before starting the course.

All programs will take place always keeping in mind the learning needs of the student.

The laboratory is structured with all the professional equipment in order to offer even the most experienced ceramist the opportunity to experiment with particular techniques.