40A-2024 – Maria Geszler-Garzuly – Screenprint on Clay
September 29 – October 5 2024
Images on clay that inspire emotion
Handbuilding. For all
Introduction
Screenprint on Clay will first teach you to make your own screens, starting from your photographs or drawings. Then you wil learn to transfer the images on clay slabs, with which create three dimensional objects.
Techniques
First step we will choose aproprate images to make our own silk screens. We will learn how to produce the matrix for screen-printing in the dark room and the finished screens will be part of the outcome of the workshop which each student will take home. Second step, we will learn how to approach screenprint on clay slabs. The printed slabs will hold our images and out of these we will build sculptural objects. We will use stoneware, porcelain and colored engobes, and the work will be fired at 1150 ° C.
Instruction
Maria’s poetic approach, her sense of humor and her extensive experience make each of her workshops an unforgettable experience.
Logistics
On every class day of Screenprint on Clay, a delicious meal will be served. Lodging is included as well. Last kiln opening will be on Saturday morning, please plan your travels accodingly, without having to leave the school before 9:30 am.
The Artist
“Maria Geszler-Garzuly completed her studies at the Academy of Arts and Crafts in Budapest in 1965. She worked as an industrial designer between 1966 and 1980, setting up her own studio in 1975. Her work is award-winning and can be found in museums and collections around the world. Her competent teaching style is appreciated by the students of workshops, seminars and simposiumns around the world.
She says about her inspiration: “We are part of the wonderful or threatening nature that surrounds us – this philosophy of Rousseau has inspired me for decades in the creation of works of art. It is my way of looking at the landscape when I take photographs, the way I touch clay and porcelain when I take it in my hand. This is how I perceive wet clay and my silkscreen images when I organically create the curves and sculptures to decorate. It is the desire that leads to hills, endless meadows, waters and beaches, to then dissolve and get lost in “nothing”, “infinite”.
| Artist: | Maria Geszler Garzuli |
|---|---|
| Date: | Sunday September 29 (arrival) – Saturday October 5 (departure) 2024 |
| Length of course | 5 working days in the studio |
| Technique: | Serigrafia, Handbuilding, Surface techniques |
| Level: | For all levels |
| Cost: | 1700 € |
| Deposit: | 500 € |
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Additional Information
The workshop fee includes the following:
Tuition of 6 – 8 hours per day;
Studio open 11 hours per day;
All materials and firings;
Lodging in shared double room; single room on request at additional fee of 240 euros per week;
Shared kitchen facilities and shared bathroom.
Freshly prepared three course lunch with wine on all working days;
Welcome breakfast, Welcome and Final dinner;
Coffee break in the mornings and in the evenings.
Payment and Refund Policy
A deposit is required at registration. After submitting the registration form, you may proceed with the payment on-line. If you choose to pay by bank transfer, the registration will be confirmed once the deposit has been accredited in our banking account. The balance must be paid at the beginning of the course.
Cancellations
You may withdraw within 14 days of registration without incurring in any penalties and will have the deposit fully refunded. No refund of deposits past 14 days of registration, pursuant to articles 53 and following of the Italian consumer legislation, in accordance with the EU consumer protection legislation. In the event of disputes, the competent court is Florence. If the workshop cannot be hold because of an insufficient number of students, the deposit will be fully reimbursed.
Force Majeure
Students must know that cancellations may occur due to events beyond our control (e.g. pandemic, civil disorder, medical or family issues of the instructor). In such case, La Meridiana reserves the right to offer a voucher for a different workshop of your choice. The voucher is valid for two years. The deposit will be transferred to the workshop of choice.
Sicurezza
La Meridiana si è dotata di un protocollo di sicurezza anti-contagio Covid – 19, redatto in conformità con le normative vigenti.
Il nostro ambiente consente il distanziamento grazie ai locali ampi e ventilati e ai molti spazi all’aperto.
Garantiremo il mantenimento quotidiano delle misure di igiene.
Agli studenti sarà richiesto di seguire le misure di sicurezza in vigore.
Artist Statement
We all dream to see something new, to live, to discover, to understand. This experience is pushing mankind since the stone age, even in the millennium of moon travel. Who didn’t feel something like this? Wandering at the banks of rivers, standing on the sandy shores of the seas, at the foot of the mountains, looking at the peaks? Who dindn’t feel the attraction of the unknown? To go far as possible, to see the orizon, to discver the mountain peaks, to reach the skies.