Part of our mission as a ceramic and fine arts studio is to share our artistic knowledge with others, but also to help people understand the importance of artisanal, handcrafted work, and all the time and love that goes into creating these pieces. We also aim to provide a unique experience that embraces the art and culture of portugal.
We offer a series of workshops, in various disciplines, such as, introdution to ceramics, moorish tiles, portuguese traditional blue and white tiles and many others, if you are interested in joining a workshop, or have a group of people who would like to host a workshop, please contact us.
Workshop - Traditional Portuguese Tile - Blue and White Level 1
1st Session (3h) - Glazing and Paint single figure tiles
Discover the origins of the traditional Portuguese tiles with Cobalt Blue.
Learn how to glaze tiles and prepare paint;
Transfer images and ornaments to the tile:
Discover the various types of brushstrokes.
Paint single figure;
Workshop - Traditional Portuguese Tile - Blue and White Level 1
2nd Session (4h) - Traditional 17th and 18th century tiles
Paint pattern tiles.
Free painting and painting with measurements;
Paint the most portuguese traditional elements on tiles.
Polychromatic painting.
Workshop - Traditional Portuguese Tile - Blue and White Level 2
1nd Session (4h) - Traditional Portuguese Tile Panel
Discover how the great 18th Century ceramic masters used to paint.
Ceate a larger tile panel
Learn paint (underglaze) mixing techniques to combine free painting (mixing colors on the palette
using powder) and painting with pre-measured colors
Workshop - Traditional Portuguese Tile - Blue and White Level 2
2nd Session (6h) - Traditional Portuguese Tile Panel
Learn specific brushstrokes to create a traditional Portuguese tile panel
Create ornamental tile border;
Understand the different shades of color and light;
Workshop - Portuguese Tile - The Hispano-Arabic heritage
1st Session (4h) - Creation of the Sharp Edge Tile
Learn how to create an edge and relief tile by modeling clay and engraving it into plaster.
Development of tile design projects;
Creation of manual tiles using the ballast technique;
Creation of tiles using the technique of engraving in plaster mold;
Workshop - Portuguese Tile - The Hispano-Arabic heritage
2nd Session (4h) - Painting of edge and corda-seca tiles
Discover the ancient techniques of painting and decorating tiles with natural oxides and oils.
Development of tile design projects;
Creation of dry rope formula using natural oxides and oils;
Dry-rope painting on tile;
Painting of glazes with tube and needle;
Workshop - Portuguese Tile - The Hispano-Arabic heritage
3rd Session (6h) - Creation Mosaic Tile
Get to know the oldest technique for creating Hispano-Arabic tile, bit by bit.
Development of tile design projects;
Cutting and Gluing of baked ceramics;
Creation of one or more tiled tiles;
Creation of a mosaic panel;