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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
