EVENTS & WORKSHOPS

Studio hosts different ceramics inspired events from tea gathering, clay salvaging, to international workshops.

Clays of Gornji Grad

I met Maja and Amanda at a tea ceremony we had few weeks ago. They are currently planning to grow a herb garden with local Slovenian herbs to produce Slovenian tea. They asked me if I could make ceramics for them, out of their local clay. So I assigned them the first task: ask the … Continued

10. in 11. marca bo v studiu potekala delavnica izdelave čajnika. Pri izgradnji čajnika bo uporabljena tehnika izgradnje iz kačic. V prvem delu bomo obravnavali oblike različnih čajnikov, sestavne dele čajnika in njihove funkcije ter vse pomembne prelomne točke čajnika. V kratkem uvodu bomo komentirali fiziko gline in njene zakone ter jih združili s fiziko … Continued

In Logatec, southeast of Slovenia’s capital, I have collected 4 different clays. Only one stands high temperatures, but it has one mayor fault. It contains very small particles of charcoal-like material. And because clay itself is very plastic and consists of finest of clay particles it is also a very closed clay body. The organic … Continued

Vabilo: prodajna razstava Slovenske gline Keramike pozivamo k udeležbi prodajne razstave Slovenske gline, ki bo spremljevalni dogodek krovnemu projektu Katalog slovenskih glin. S tem želimo vzpodbuditi avtorje k uporabi in raziskovanju slovenskih glin. Prodajna razstava Slovenske gline bo potekala 18. maja 2018 v atriju Magušarjeve hiše v Radovljici med 10. in 18. uro. Vabimo vas, … Continued

Geology of south Istria is similar than geology of Karst. Calcium carbonates as limestone deteriorates into red clay. It is everywhere an very red, though the texture is a little different than Karst’s. I went to collect it to the beach. There is some directly on the beach where we swim in the summer. That … Continued

For a long time I have wanted to try one or two months in isolation for the sole purpose: focused creativity and work. So I packed my clay and tools and went to south tip of Istria, where my parents own a weekend house. House is situated in a small settlement of about 10 houses, … Continued

We hosted Felix Giron from Wandering Art Tea Academy on January 24th, who presented beautiful Chinese tea ceremony. We tested 4 different teas and tried our skills at preparing and serving tea. Thank you Felix and to many more warm gatherings like that!

Last week I asked people for help with clay processing. Amazingly 20 people volunteered – 2 ladies even came after we finished with everything, asking if there is some thing to help with left. Together with 2 babies, one dog and my cat, we have been processing clays for three days and at the end … Continued

Studio will host a Chinese tea ceremony with Wandering Art Tea Academy’s Felix Giron. Wednesday, 24.1.2018 at 17pm Tržaška cesta 36, Ljubljana

Read how I found kaolin in Slovenian mountains here. Up close this material looks like this:

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