Please note: this course is offered in both Dutch and English. Please pay attention which language you sign up for. During our ceramics course (in Dutch: Toegepaste Keramiek), we will create a variety of functional pieces by working with different types of clay, including red, white and black. We will glaze our ceramics with a [...]
Let op: deze cursus wordt in het Engels gegeven! Work at your own pace and develop your hand-building projects with technical support.Explore different clays—terracotta, white and black, smooth or rough, and porcelain. Choose what fits your project. It can be small and simple, or more complex and span multiple sessions. Your work will be kept moist [...]
This course consists of two parts. The first part focuses on academic art, where you will learn to draw and sculpt various facial features such as eyes, nose, and mouth. We will explore different aspects: proportions, the use of light and shadow to create shape, the role of colour in painting, and the importance of [...]
In this course we create figurines, portraits and occasionally drawings of people. You learn to look closely at someone and to translate forms into a sculpture. Anatomy, proportions, composition and the personal view are extensively discussed. What are we doing?We work every class to professional models (male/female, clothed/nude). Most of the lessons we work with [...]
During this course, you will discover different types of clay, including red, white, black and brown. We will work with porcelain and Egyptian faience to create sculptures. To add colour to our ceramics and sculptures, we will use the famous Delft blue pigment. All your works will be fired in the ceramic kiln and you [...]
In this course you will get to know different sculpture techniques and materials. The emphasis is mainly on clay, plaster and soft natural stone. What will you be doing?While making a sculpture in clay you learn to deal with volume and the principle of constructive work. We will also sculpt two different reliefs in clay, [...]
Stone carving is one of the oldest, most versatile and traditional crafts. The fascination with shaping a stone is as old as mankind itself. Once you get a feel for the stone's properties and processing techniques, you have every opportunity to use your own creativity. The most breathtaking stone sculptures mainly come about through a [...]
A creative and playful introduction to the craft of ceramics. In this course, you'll take an idea from your imagination and shape it into a fired and coloured ceramic sculpture. What will you be doing?Through a series of creative assignments, you’ll explore and learn various sculpting techniques. Most of the time you’ll work individually, but [...]
In this broad course, you choose exactly what you want to learn: carving letters, making a relief, or carving a small sculpture from a basic geometric shape. Everything has to do with tracing and relief within stone sculpting. Tracing is an art form that involves making fine stone ornaments, found mainly in Gothic architecture and [...]
