Workshop
Wood Sculpture Course
5 May 2021 – 9 May 2021
Regular hours
- Wednesday
- 00:00 – 00:00
- Thursday
- 00:00 – 00:00
- Friday
- 00:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 00:00 – 00:00
- Sunday
- 00:00 – 00:00
Cost of entry
10% early bird discount for registrations (50% payment) until 5 MARCH 2021
3% discount on the course fee if you make prompt payment
Address
- Lugar de Cerdeira
- Lousã
Coimbra District - 3200-509
- Portugal
Travel Information
- Take the bus to Coimbra. In Coimbra take the bus called “Metro Mondego” headed towards Lousã. In Lousã, take a taxi to the village, which is about 9 km away. The ride should cost you about 13€ and can be booked by calling +351 917 866 975.
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- Take the train to Coimbra. In Coimbra, at the Coimbra-A train station, take the bus called “Metro Mondego” headed towards Lousã. In Lousã, take a taxi to the village, which is about 9 km away. The ride should cost you about 13€ and can be booked by calling +351 917 866 975.
“Wood is a noble material, it’s alive - when we work with it we need to have this in mind doing something meaningfull, add history (…)”
About
Wood Sculpture Course with Kerstin Thomas and Renato Costa e Silva at Cerdeira Home for Creativity. Learn to carve wood, use hand and power tools.You will learn to:
- understand the origin of our raw material;
- look, to feel and to let yourself be inspired by the wood;
- develop, plan and realize your idea;
- choose and prepare the wood suitable for your project;
- reflect aesthetic options;
- various sculpture and build techniques;
- think of surfaces, textures and finishes.
The workshop fee includes the following:
- - Working in a small group (4-6 pax)
- - Tuition of 6 – 8 hours per day with a technical assistant (in english and portuguese)
- - Studio open 12 hours per day
- - All materials
- - Free accomodation in shared room in our Residency House (shared house, fully equipped with kitchen, bathrooms, washing machine, Wifi) or a 10% discount for accommodation in our Private Houses (2 nights minimum)
- - Free Welcome dinner
- - Early Bird 10% discount for reserves (50% payment) until February 18th
- - 3% discount for prompt payment granted
Registrations until 5 APRIL 2021
Renato Costa e Silva, ceramicist and sculptor, with 40 years of professional activity has a vast curriculum not only in the area of ceramics but also of large public sculpture in various materials. Born in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, where he lives and works, he has carried out an intensive study of clay and ceramic materials and has a long experience in the preparation of ceramic pastes and glazes. Over the years he has conducted hundreds of wood firings.
Kerstin Thomas, sculptor for almost 30 years, studied wood carving and sculpture in her home country, Germany. Once in Portugal, she studied Portuguese Language and Culture at the Language Faculty in Coimbra University. With a preference for autochthonous wood, her work is inspired by rural life and the expressiveness of the human face. The construction of the Sasukenei-Smokeless Kiln for high temperature wood fired ceramics in 2015 was the beginning of finding in ceramics a new way of artistic expression. Co-founder of the Cerdeira-Home for Creativity project, she divides her time between her art practice and her work as coordinator of the village's Artistic Program.
joana.salgado@cerdeirahomeforcreativity.com
+351 917 321 222
