Instructor
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
- 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
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
- 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
