PRE-COLUMBIAN SOUND POTTERY - RATTLES

August 21-25, 2024 during Matres Festival 2024 - PRIMITIVISM an immersion in Prehispanic Cultures with artist Karina Garrett.

Join us at Matres International Festival of Women's Ceramics for an extraordinary experience with Argentine artist specializing in pre-Hispanic ceramics, Karina Garrett. In addition to her solo exhibition Karina, together with her husband Guillermo Lorenti, will conduct this beautiful workshop.

Karina Garrett's workshop aims to explore the ritual associated with the celebration of natural cycles and the link between ceramics, femininity and earth fertility in the ancestral cultures of the Americas. Participants will have the opportunity to create a ceramic rattle inspired by the archaeological patterns of the Chimú, Mochica, Inca, Tlatilco, Guanacaste and Nicoya cultures, using ancient techniques of working, decorating and firing.

This theoretical and practical course offers a total of 22 hours of immersion in pre-Hispanic pottery, with 14 hours devoted to art practice and 8 hours to construction and firing in a traditional wood-fired kiln, which participants will have the opportunity to build together.

Places for this outstanding workshop are limited.

Don't miss this amazing opportunity to connect with the cultural and artistic roots of the Americas through pre-Hispanic ceramics with Karina Garrett at Matres Festival 2024!

Theme: Construction of sculptural rattles using hand techniques from ancient American cultures.

2 days of 3.5 hours of practice,

1 day of 4 hours of wood-fired cooking practice.

Includes bibliography (in Italian, English and Spanish).

KARINA GARRETT - CERAMIC ARCHAEOLOGIST - ARGENTINA

WOOD-FIRED OVEN CONSTRUCTION

Theme: Realization of direct draught wood-fired ceramic kiln. Drying and firing of pieces at 900°C in oxidizing and reducing atmosphere.

The kiln is suitable for Raku.

2 days of construction (3.5 hours each day),

1 day for cooking (4 hours).

Includes bibliography (in Italian, English and Spanish).

GUILLERMO LORENTI - ARGENTINA

To complement this immersive experience an additional 8 hours will be devoted to tending the fire, feeding it and the final opening of the kiln.

GO TO FORM.

• TO PARTICIPATE you MUST REGISTER on the FORM and pay a 50 euro deposit.
• COST OF THE ENTIRE WORKSHOP € 250 PER PARTICIPANT, including materials and cooking.
• A DISCOUNT OF 20% IS RESERVED for members of APS PANDORA ARTISTS CERAMISTS.