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Patricia Cassone

Michael Flynn

Maria Geszler Garzuly

Guest lecturers

Frank Theunissen

Frank Theunissen moved from the Netherlands to South France. He lives with his familiy nearby the medieval pittoresque town Cordes Sur Ciel where he organizes ceramic workshops (www.laceramique.com)

He grew up in a traditional potters family and learnt very early how to handle the clay.

He sells his ceramics all over Europe and is Co-founder of one of the most successful International ceramic markets in the Netherlands.

Workshop with Frank Theunissen
Wheel throwing| 21th to 25th of February 2012
Frank will discuss the modules for this 5 days workshop with each of you in the beginning. He shows you what you want to learn no matter if you are beginner or advanced. Inbetween the working process he will teach you interesting theory of making pots.

Patricia Cassone

Patricia Cassone lives in France and often travels to her favourite country Japan.

She loves to work in the tradition of japanese pottery, especially the Shino style, which she will explain during the workshop. Her work is inspired by masters of the Tea Ceremony and japanese pottery masters. It is shown in exhibitions in France and Japan.

She runs courses in her house in France. (www.ceramique-prometer.com)

Workshop with Patricia Cassone
Dancing vessels | 30th of June to 3rd of July 2012
This workshop will emphasize creative problem solving. Students will explore various methods of making functional and sculptural forms.  We can experiment with combinations of hand-built and thrown parts. But throwing is not necessary.  There will be daily demonstrations featuring different approaches to handles, spouts, feet and trays. We will look critically at pots to assess form, surface, volume and energy.
We will speak about shino and shino style called SHINO YAKI. And about tea ceremony tools : Chawan, kogo, misusashi, chaire, sushi dish...
And most important, the deal will be ENJOY THE CLAY as the first day we touched it...

Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn was born in Ireland.
He studied Fine Arts and Ceramics.
For some time he lived in the U.S.A. and in Germany.

He makes complex raku and porcelain figures that are full of energy and sinister humour, drawing on many sources of inspiration — theatre and dance, mythology and religion, historic ceramics and sculpture are just some of these.
His work is shown and collected all over the world.

2011: Solo exhibitions in Höhr-Grenzhausen (Germany) and Warsaw (Poland) (www.michaelflynn.eu)

Workshop with Michael Flynn
Figures in Movement | 4th to 7th of Oktober 2012
Human figures and their interaction are the main theme of this famous ceramist.
You will model, glaze and fire the figures with Michael Flynns instructions. It is good to have prior knowledge with claywork.
Michael Flynn will show a slide presentation of his work.

Thanks to the following guest lecturers for their workshops 2007 - 2011:

I've been involved with clay full time since 1975 making pots, teaching, writing, and operating my own studio.
From my earliest introduction to clay I have always been fascinated and excited about the wheel.
It is not one, but all of the components of that tool that hold and keep my interest.

Raku technique and process has held my attention for over 30 years and throughout this time the primary attraction for me has remained the never ending variations of applied technique.
The spontaneity of the actual firing process, and the always present degree of surprise and serendipity in the results.

Hungarian ceramist Maria Geszler-Garzuly completed her studies at the Academy of Art and Craft in Budapest in 1965.
She worked as an industrial designer between 1966-80, setting up her own studio in 1975.

Geszler-Garzuly has become widely known for her humanoid bottle shapes, onto which she transfers surface designs and which are then salt-glazed.
She has won several awards, including the international competition 'Salt-glazed Ceramics' in 1993, a bronze medal at the Mino International Ceramics Award in 2003 and a bronze medal at the Taipei Ceramics Award in 2004.

He is graduated from the highschool of Fine Arts in Belgrade.
Doing many exhibitions, symposiums and competitions all over the world, he won several prices.
Today he is a lecturer on the highschool of Fine Arts for Ceramical Sculpture.
He is creating fascinating illusion of form on flat surfaces with painting and airbrushing.

The german porcelain potter is working on this material since 18 years.
She gives lessons about porcelain work in Germany, Switzerland and Boston (U.S.A.).
Her maintheme is wheelthrowing. She makes most precious objects that are very thin and transluscent.
Her workshops are meant for good autodidacts and profis.

The Australien glaze chemist Ian Currie introduced his Grid Method.

The famous engineer Wolf Matthes explained the making and use of engobes.