ABOUT THE ARTISAN

Creator of the Alpiota project with a studio in Alcáçovas.

 

Currently developing a research project on Ceramics, Nature and the Feminine, in the Master's Degree in Artistic Practices in Visual Arts at the University of Évora, she has initial training and career in teaching Visual Education and a postgraduate degree in Visual Arts/Intermedia. Her journey through ceramics combines a process of self-taught exploration developed over the years with various training courses at Cencal and Ar.Co, since 2015.

 

Her work is linked to the identity of the place she lives in, through the search for simplicity in techniques and materials, with participatory projects in the community, and work that began with pottery and has focused over time on ancestral manual construction processes and image transfer techniques such as lithography on ceramics.

 

 

SUMMARY

Working with clay follows very specific cycles. Gathered from the earth, clay is worked with water, hands and the sun and then fired. Helena will lead the participants in this Immersion through an exploration of natural elements as well as time and memory, using the ceramic lithography technique. This technique, which allows any drawn or photographic image to be transferred to clay, will enable participants to make a connection with this material and their surroundings.

 

 

PROGRAMME

DAY 1

Welcome from 11.00 a.m.

Casa Spira, Vila Nova da Baronia

 

12H00-17H00 WORKSHOP PART 1

Walk and picnic in the countryside for photographic recording and/or drawing.

 

DAY 2

09H00-13H00 WORKSHOP PART 2

Introduction to ceramic lithography using the laser printing technique on a ready plate.

Choosing drawings and photographs, transferring images and drawings to the plate and learning how to prepare the inks.

 

DAY 3

9H00-13H00 WORKSHOP PART 3

Contact with clay - creating slabs and pieces for image transfer

15H00 PNC PROGRAM

natural and cultural heritage program optional

 

DAY 4

9H00-13H00 WORKSHOP PART 4

Contact with clay - creating ballast and pieces for image transfer

 

DAY 5

14H00-17H00 WORKSHOP PART 5

Image transfer on the ballasts and pieces made.

Knowledge of the subsequent process: hanging and glazing through examples.

 

DAYS 6 AND 7

Participants who wish can take advantage of the accommodation at the house during the weekend and the workshop space.

 

MATERIALS INCLUDED

Paper ready for A4 plates , paints, clay, engobes, glazing and the firing of up to 3 pieces per participant, sending the finished pieces after firing by national registered mail (up to 2kg).

 

*In the case of shipments of more than 2kg or to a foreign country, participants must cover the difference.