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Christmas Market and New Course Dates!
It's been a busy few weeks lately, with the local Christmas market in
Gnesta and a lot of other things going on. Being part of planing and
organizing the whole thing sure is a lot of fun, but also very time
consuming.
We had a total of 16 members, me included, from the Gnesta Art Association
displaying and selling beautiful pieces. Everything from scultptures and
painting, to etchings and wood figurines. And then an additional 32 stands
with eveything you could think of. Candy, toys, clothes and everything you
would an wouldn't expect to find at a Christma market. We estimated the
amount of guests to around 7200 over the cours of the weekend, which is
almost double from last year. This thing is really taking off. And that
really feels great for us artists and like it's contributing to the whole
community.
I feel like we've made a very inviting, warm and open platform
where both artists, creative minds and customers can meet, and i hope
you'll also feel tempted to visit us next year. It's really worth the trip!
Another thing that's been going on lately is that I've finally have been
able to make a schedule for all the courses that will be held during the
spring of 2020. I've recieved a lot of emails from interested people
during the last month about when the courses will start, it feels good
to finally get to present it to you.
Pottery and Ceramics, Course for beginners - Learn the Basics
Per usual I'll be holding several classes for beginners where you
get to learn the basics and lay the ground for a creative hobby with
limits only set by your own time and imagination. The beginners
course is split up to 5 different meetings with the 4 first of them
being 5 hours each. Consisting of around 90 minutes of theory and
information, and then followed by some hands on work. We'll go
through all the basics and most of the common flaws and mistakes
that a lot of people usually run into in their beginning of pottery
making. After the fourth session all of the things we've made will
be kilned to harden. And in the 5th session we'll meet up for 3
hours, to talk about our finnished pieces, what we've learned, and
where to go from here if you want to learn more. You'll see the
dates further down in this post. Don't wait to long, classes usually
fill up in 4-5 weeks.
Pottery and Ceramics, Advanced course - Perfect your finishing touches and glazes.
Once or twice during the year I'm also arranging an advanced
class for people who've gone throug either my course for
beginners or have a some experience from somewhere else. When it
comes to working with clay, the shaping isn't something that you
can learn fully theoreticly, you must also put in the hours of
hands on work and learn by doing. There is of course always room
for tips and improvements, and we'll cover some of that. But
most of the focus is on the finishing touches, to make your
piece stand out and look it's best. Covering different
techniques of galzing, printing and carving before we put it in
the kiln. And we'll also go over 2 different kinds of kilns
that'll give you very different end results. This course is
distributed over 4 meetings of 4 hours each.
Courses and dates
| Course | # | Month | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course for beginners | 1 | February | 8, 9, 15, 16, 22 |
| Course for beginners | 2 | March | 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 |
| Course for beginners | 3 | April | 4, 5, 18, 19, 25 |
| Advaced course | 1 | May | 9, 10, 16, 17 |
All booking is made through the contact form.
That's it for this time, and probably the last update for this year. Looking forward to the hollidays and to see what fun new experiences 2020 will bring. Happy hollidays and a happy new year to you all!
Posted on: 12.04.2019 - 15.29 (+1 CET)