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Practical advice for ceramics instructors, instructions, samples and ideas and instruction skills, including the creation of projects.
The Instructor requalification course has not been included in the 2011 program, but we expect to hold it again in 2012.
The program for teachers will include LS – Well of Ideas, where Yva Kuličková will share her years of experience as an instructor. The weekend cycle LV – Christmas Table will offer elements of woven cane and straw weaving as a supplement to modelling and throwing.

Creation of Projects in Ceramics

Name of the course:
L1 – Creation of Projects in Ceramics
Objective of the course:
to learn to prepare a project for a ceramics event on an already implemented example of a wall sculpture (the participants obtain the model project on a CD); making teaching samples and moulds as preparation for one’s own project, outlining instructor’s skills and risks
Suitable for:
slightly advanced to advanced
Entrance requirements:
completion of course M1 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 55 hours (7 days), 16 hours of theory + 39 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
making plaster moulds for making tiles for sculptures, making sample tiles with completion of the relief, examples of putting together sculptures and other techniques useful for wall sculptures, discussion of the finished projects of the participants
Program prepared / taught by:
Lenka Stodůlková / Lenka Stodůlková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Photographic Documentation of Ceramics

Name of the course:
LF – Photographic Documentation of Ceramics
Objective of the course:
gaining the ability to take good photographs as a document of working procedures and finished ceramic products
Suitable for:
all categories
Entrance requirements:
completion of course M1 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 22 hours (3 days), of which 6 hours of theory and 16 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
choice of a suitable camera, lighting, background and composition, including evaluation of the created photographs and learning from mistakes
Program prepared / taught by:
Mg.A Tereza Kabůrková / Mg.A Tereza Kabůrková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

“Puppet” Project

Name of the course:
L2 – “Puppet” Project
Objective of the course:
to teach instructors to suitably choose appropriate technology for a particular group of clients in relation to their manual and psychological maturity and to make sample puppets for teaching
Suitable for:
slightly advanced to advanced
Entrance requirements:
completion of course L1 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 55 hours (7 days), 16 hours of theory + 39 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
making model puppets with variously difficult and complicated designs suitable for various groups of clients using various ceramics techniques (modelling, casting, use of engobas, glazing) The course also includes defense of the created project and creative discussion with the other participants.
Program prepared / taught by:
Jarmila Tyrnerová, Yvona Kuličková / Yvona Kuličková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Project on the Environment and Ceramics

Name of the course:
L2E – Project on the Environment and Ceramics
Objective of the course:
provision of complete instructions for preparation of a school project of collective ceramic sculpture with an environmental theme, including making the necessary samples and moulds.
Suitable for:
instructors and ceramists
Entrance requirements:
completion of course L2 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 55 hours (7 days), 12 hours of theory + 43 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
making elements for various ways of putting together sculptures using forming, mosaics, sculptured decoration, engobas and glazes, making plaster moulds and pressing tiles, lecture by an environmentalist and examples of good practice of combining ceramics and the environment, preparation of outlines for future school projects
Program prepared / taught by:
Ing. Jarmila Tyrnerová / Lenka Stodůlková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Imprint of History

Name of the course:
L2H – Imprint of History
Objective of the course:
to inspire pedagogues in preparing teaching projects using a combination of history and art education
Suitable for:
instructors and ceramists
Entrance requirements:
completion of course L2 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 55 hours (7 days), 12 hours of theory + 43 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
making antique vessel shapes using relief, seal cylinder with infinite decoration and stamps for cuneiform script, forming relief – Egyptian hieroglyphs, modelling mock-ups of architectural elements, examples of good practice in combining ceramics and history, preparation for a future school project.
Program prepared / taught by:
Ing. Jarmila Tyrnerová / Lenka Stodůlková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Clay Theatre

Name of the course:
L2D – Clay Theatre
Objective of the course:
to demonstrate the use of a ceramic puppet theatre made by children in project instruction – combination of artistic, civil and drama instruction with a foreign language.
Suitable for:
instructors and ceramists
Entrance requirements:
completion of course L2 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 55 hours (7 days), 12 hours of theory + 43 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
making sample puppets by pressing components in plaster moulds, including actual making and preparation of other theatrical design elements for a puppet theatre, examples of good practice combining ceramics, civilian and drama instruction, preparation for a future school project
Program prepared / taught by:
Yvona Kuličková / Yvona Kuličková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Christmas Table

Name of the course:
LV – Christmas Table
Objective of the course:
to provide instructors with further inspiration in preparation of projects suitable for mixed groups of clients (parents and children, beginners and advanced students, etc.), based on the subject of Christmas and combination of ceramics with Christmas arrangements
Suitable for:
slightly advanced to advanced
Entrance requirements:
completion of course L1 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 28 hours (4 days), 4 hours of theory + 24 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
making a candlestick and teapot mats from fireclay, making dishes for Christmas decorations by the slab technique, jewellery, decorations, nameplates, Christmas flower arrangements and preparation of packaging for gifts using the batik technique. The course ends with presentation of one’s own design for a Christmas table setting.
Program prepared / taught by:
Lenka Stodůlková, Irena Hirai / Lenka Stodůlková, Irena Hirai
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Ceramics Like in Primeval Times

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Name of the course:
L2P – Ceramics Like in Primeval Times
Objective of the course:
to prepare the instructor for passing on experience gained here in the primeval technique of making ceramic, from preparation of the material, throwing on a potter’s kick wheel, sculptural decoration to firing in a grid-type kiln
Suitable for:
instructors and ceramists
Entrance requirements:
completion of course L2 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 55 hours (7 days), 12 hours of theory + 43 hours of practice
Contents of the course:
Extraction of raw material and its working into ceramic material, the technique of manual modelling of pots and sculptures, shaping dishes using sand moulds, making bone tools for decorating the ceramic surface and other decorating techniques. A grid-type kiln will be made of natural materials during the course. The program includes training throwing pots on a potter’s kick wheel. The course will be complemented by making ceramic jewellery. The course also includes preparing basic outlines for school projects.
Program prepared / taught by:
Petr Toms / Petr Toms
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Spring of Inspiration

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Pictures from SVČ Lužánky in Brno

Name of the course:
LS – Spring of Inspiration
Objective of the course:
to inspire pedagogical workers towards new ideas in putting together teaching programs in ceramics groups, exchange of personal experience amongst participants
Suitable for:
all categories
Entrance requirements:
completion of course M1 or experience at this level
Length of the course:
total of 39 hours (5 days), 9 hours of theory + 30 hours of practice
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Contents of the course:
presentation of new approaches and specific suggestions in the whole range of modelling and decorating techniques; the course also includes making sample objects for teaching
Program prepared / taught by:
Ilona Kulíková / Ilona Kulíková
Maximum number:
12 participants
Certification:
certified by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports as further education of pedagogical workers.

Business Fundamentals

Name of the course:
LZ – Business Fundamentals
Objective of the course:
to avoid the commonest mistakes in starting up a business in ceramics
Suitable for:
all categories
Length of the course:
6 hours (1 day)
Contents of the course:
learning about the basic laws and patterns for properly preparing agreements and accounting documents required for a business in ceramics
Program prepared / taught by:
Ing. Alena Eblová / Ing. Alena Eblová
Maximum number:
12 participants
Keramické studio Jarmily Tyrnerové s.r.o., Kohoutov 74, 544 01 Dvůr Králové nad Labem
Phone: 00420 499 392 416, cell phone: 00420 602 182 242