Workshop Overview
- LanguagePortuguese, English
- Duration2
- DifficultyBeginner
- Private Groups & Team Building
- 2 Min Group Size
- 6 Max Group Size
- 48 hours Advance Booking Time
- €75 Price Per Person (Groups)
- €150 Minimum Booking Value
- On-Site Location Options
- Next DateUpon Request
What's Included
Included
- 🏺 Clay and materials needed for the workshop
- 🛠️ Access to tools for hand-building and decorating
- 🎨 Guided practice in four hand-building techniques
- 🖌️ Introduction to surface decoration, slips, textures and glazing
- 👩🎨 Guidance throughout the creative process
- 🎁 The opportunity to create at least four functional ceramic pieces to keep once glazed and fired
Not Included
- 🚗 Transportation to and from the workshop
- 🍽️ Food and drinks
- ℹ️ Any additional services not mentioned above
Location Details
Mercado do Calhabé, Tv. dos Combatentes da Grande Guerra, Coimbra, Portugal
Bookings close 24 hours before the workshop starts.
Your Teacher
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Cláudia Pires is a ceramic artist with over 30 years of experience in artistic creation, craftsmanship and ceramic education. With specialised technical training, she has built an extensive career across educational, cultural and inclusive projects.
As the creator of ANDDO Cerâmica, she combines artistic practice with a passion for sharing knowledge and making ceramics accessible to everyone. She has extensive experience coordinating creative workshops, fostering community engagement and adapting artistic techniques to different audiences, including people with visual impairments.
Through her work, Cláudia celebrates ceramics as a means of creative expression, learning and connection, bringing people together through the transformative experience of working with clay.
Reviews (2)
FAQ's
No. The workshop is suitable for complete beginners and introduces the essential techniques and materials step by step.
You'll explore slab building, pinch pottery, coil building and the creation of solid forms that are hollowed out. You'll also learn about different clay types and the firing process.
Yes. You'll practise using slips and textures on raw clay and bisque, and receive an introduction to glazing techniques for finishing your creations.
Each participant will design and shape at least four functional pieces.
You'll leave with practical knowledge of hand-building and ceramic decoration, a deeper understanding of the pottery process, and at least four handmade functional pieces to keep once they have been glazed and fired.
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Margaret Harake
I really enjoyed the workshop.
Margaret Harake
I really enjoyed the session.