Mystery 189 Myths and Legends of Elefsina: The Mysteries of Clay – November

Under the artistic curation and continuous supervision of the recognized Eleusinian ceramist Athanasios Katsaras, the activity unfolds as a multidimensional and multi-level artistic project, which includes: educational activities, research project with the aim of artistic production, but also the active participation – generally interested, but also specially trained public. Participants will experience the magic of ceramic art from the initial stage of making a vessel to the final stage of firing in primitive or modern kilns, and become creators of new ceramic objects themselves.

In more detail, the implementation of the action moves along two parallel axes:

I. GET YOUR HANDS IN THE MUD: Education and original creation workshops for adults and children, interested in being introduced to the world of ceramics. The themes that are developed are inspired both by the history of Greek ceramics (red-figure pottery, Byzantine glazed pottery, ceramics of the geometric and archaic periods), and by the Japanese “raku” technique.

II. PROCESSES OF RESEARCH & ARTISTIC PRODUCTION: Workshops of original ceramic creation for students of related subjects, which are inspired by exhibits of the Archaeological Museum of Elefsina and by archaic and Byzantine ceramics. In the context of the second axis, the construction approach of three amphorae from the Archaeological Museum of Eleusis will be attempted with the application of ancient production techniques and the use of Eleusinian soils.