Conceived & Curated By: Athanasios Katsaras
Production: Amasis Ceramic Studio
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A complete ceramics experience in which we will approach the ancient techniques of ceramic production. We will make crafts inspired by the city’s museum and decorate them with paints made from its soil, before baking, just like it was done in ancient times. Finally, we will bake the ceramics in a kiln that we will build that resembles those of the ancient world that archaeological research has revealed in the Mediterranean region, the typology of which is still in use in many areas. Thus, the participants leaving will take with them a small piece of Elefsina.
Construction of a geometric pyxis (jewellery case) inspired by a fragment of the city museum.
(Number of participants 15)
MONDAY JULY 3
Pyxis Building 7-9pm.
TUESDAY, JULY 4
Making ceramics using a mold
Demonstration and practice in pottery making using a pottery wheel. 7-9pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 5
Ceramic finishing and decoration. 7-9pm
Construction of an archaic figurine. (number of participants 15).
THURSDAY JULY 6
Making a figurine inspired by the city museum 7-9pm.
FRIDAY JULY 7
Making ceramics using a mold.
Demonstration and practice in pottery making using a pottery wheel. 7-9pm
SATURDAY, JULY 8
Ceramic finishing and decoration. 7-9pm
Construction of a geometric era pomegranate inspired by the city’s museum.
(Number of participants 15).
MONDAY JULY 10
Pomegranate Making 7-9pm.
TUESDAY, JULY 11
Making ceramics using a mold.
Demonstration and practice in pottery making using a pottery wheel. 7-9pm
WEDNESDAY JULY 12
Ceramic finishing and decoration. 7-9pm
Glazed (usable) breakfast bowl. (Number of participants 15).
THURSDAY JULY 13
Breakfast bowl painting 7-9pm.
FRIDAY JULY 14
Glazing (glazing -adding glass-) and firing. (Optional participation) 7-9 p.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 15 – CANCELLED DUE TO HOT WEATHER
Firing and firing the ceramics in the pottery kiln we built. 5pm-12 (participants: all program participants)
During the program, (July 3-12) those who wish can participate (morning time 10-1) in the construction of the pottery kiln in which we will bake the ceramics we will make.
Further Info
2023 Eleusis European Capital of Culture is setting up a three-day celebration to say goodbye to the Belgian collective TimeCircus that returns to Antwerp after six months and to hand over – now officially – ARKOPOLIS, the ark of eternal youth, this unique cultural space to young people and to the residents of Elefsina.
2023 Εleusis European Capital of Culture presents from the 4th until the 7th of October, for the first time together, the artistic projects of the trilogy Mystery 13 I_LEFT, conceived and directed by Yolanda Markopoulou, completing a multi-year long artistic research, focused on refugee, uprooting and starting over at a new place.
Mystery 42 Futuring Waters’ exhibition and parallel events introduces us to the artworks created through a process of co-authorship initiated by the artist and educator Jenny Marketou with the help of Greek and international scientists, artists, curators, architects, archaeologists and activists among others around water rights and hydropolitics, a complex political thought around water.
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8 V. Laskou & Pagkalou,
Elefsina, 19200
+30 210 5562001
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Old Town Hall,
39 Nikolaidou, Eleusis, 19200
+30 210 556 2001 (and 301)
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Monday – Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Tuesday: 10.00 – 17.00
Weekend: 13.00 – 21.00
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