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| | | | 2025 KECSKEMÉT - ABERYSTWYTH RESIDENCY AWARDThe award is a collaboration between the International Ceramics Studio and the International Ceramics Festival in Aberystwyth, Wales. Applicants must be based in the United Kingdom.
Applications for the Residency award are open to all ceramic practitioners including mid-career and late adopters of ceramics wishing to work in a rich and cultural environment.
The award is for a four week residency to include accommodation and studio space at the International Ceramics Studio, Kecskemét, Hungary. Further information is on the application form. THE DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS 30th APRIL, 2025 · Please send the completed application form you can download below
· 6 clearly labelled digital images
· your CV (Resumé)
· a brief statement about what you hope to accomplish during your residency.
Applications are only accepted by email to icshu@me.com
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| | | | EXHIBITIONS AT KÁPOLNA GALLERY | |
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| | ART IN EVERYDAY LIFE
A panorama of the Hungarian ceramic industry06.03.2025 - 22.03.2025Exhibition opening: Thursday, 6 March, 2025 at 17.00
Opening by: Kondor Edit DLA, ceramic designer, university docens.
Round table discussion at 18.00.
Moderator: Turi András, Chairman of Hungarian Ceramic Assocuation.
Exhibition opening times: Tuesday to Saturday, between 14:00 and 18:00 until 22 March, 2025. | | | |
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WINTER RESIDENTS EXHIBITIONThe exhibition presents works by four artists, created during the six-week residency period of the International Ceramics Studio 2025 Winter Residency Programme.
Exhibiting artists:
Georgina Owens (AUS), Hideki Arichi (JP/UK), Paula Ruuttunen (FIN), Erika Rejka (HUN)
Exhibition opening: Wednesday, 19th of February 2025 at 5pm
Opening by: Erika Sütő porcelain designer artist, manager of the International Ceramics Studio
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CREATIVE REFLECTIONS - IN ENAMEL 13.02.2025 - 01.03.2025 „I would like to dedicate a memorial to everything that I have been able to believe and trust with all my being, which has brought me catharsis and hope from time to time.” - Katalin Hollósy Exhibition opened: Thursday, 13rd of February 2025 at 5pm
Opened by: Laura Turai poet, aesthete
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| | | | Residential courses for 2025 are now online. http://www.icshu.org/courses.html There are still more to be added so keep coming back to the website to see the tatest news.
Courses so far for 2025 include . . .
FAST FIRE with Kontor Enikő
SPONTANEITY AND MOVEMENT with Sonja Sebes-Top
CONTRASTS WITH CRYSTALS with Ricus Sebes.
NAKED RAKU - FORM AND TENSION with Simcha Even Chen
MAGIC OF LITHOPHANE with Ilona Romule.
FUNCTIONAL SALTGLAZE with Fergus Stewart
PORCELAIN A-Z with Ilona Romule.
FORM AND SURFACE with Eddie Curtis
THE ART OF CHINA PAINTING with Ilona Romule.
THROWING AND SURFACE DECORATION with Ruzicska Tünde
PORCELAIN TO WEAR with Sütő Erika.
MARBLED CLAY with Marc Leuthold
ALL ABOUT MOULDS with Gabriella Kuzsel.
CREATIVE MOULDMAKING with Simon Zsolt József.
HIKIDASHI TEA BOWL with Douglas Black
NERIKOMI - COLOURED PORCELAIN with Susan Nemeth
PATTERNS IN PORCELAIN with Guy van Leemput
INTERDIMENSIONAL with Etelka Meixner | | | |
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| | SONJA SEBES-TOPThe colour combinations I use are carefully composed by me and transformed into coloured porcelain slips or engobes. With loose intuitive brushstrokes colour is applied in several layers. The engobes are treated like oil paints, where different brushes are used to create shapes, and patterns. I add accents, among other things with strong, dynamic splashes of colour turning the object into an abstract dynamic painting. When I feel it’s needed I make use of self developed monoprints. It is this tightrope walking on the boundary between function and sculpture that fascinates me. It is this continuous journey in which I balance form, colour and design. I want my vessels to show spontaneity and movement. The shapes are quick and loosely formed and have an intentional irregularity. They show strength along with an organic flowing elegance. In combination with the thickly applied porcelain engobe, vessels are created that invite you to touch them. A subconscious awareness and connectedness to my environment emerges and shows itself in my work. With each piece I make sure the colour areas are in harmony with the background and the colour balances the design. The white canvas of the vessels is part of the composition. Mastercourse
SPONTANEITY AND MOVEMENT with Sonja Sebes-Top
6 - 10 May, 2025
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| | SIMCHA EVEN-CHENI have always been fascinated by the elusive harmonies created when a precise controlled architectural element is brought together with intricate surface designs and colours to generate the complete object and induce an aesthetic as well as intellectual stimulus. The plasticity of clay allows me to explore these processes. Combination of slab building and naked raku techniques, gives me more flexibility and ability to work on more complex relationships, and I have been using these techniques for many years. In my work, I focus on tension and balance through the juxtaposition of forms upon one another. Different levels of relationships are created at the contact point between the bodies; physical balance, ratio between the geometric surfaces pattern and the structure of the bodies and the tension between the surface and the amorphous patterns resulting from the raku technique. Mastercourse
NAKED RAKU - FORM AND TENSION with Simcha Even-Chen
21 - 27 May, 2025
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