Instructor: Zsolt József Simon
Zsolt József Simon, Born in Celldömölk, Hungary, in 1973, Zsolt developed an early passion for porcelain. After training at the Herend Porcelain Manufactory and graduated as a porcelain designer with a masters degree from the Silicate Department of Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, Hungary. In 2006, he moved to Indonesia, where he found inspiration in the infinite forces of nature. In 2011, he founded his studio in the suburbs of Budapest, which quickly became a hub for experimental ceramics. Now he settled in Pécs, Hungary which place is famous of the heritage of the Zsolnay porcelain.
He is a freelance artist, working with his own invented and developed typical technique. The artist, whose works are in collections from the USA to Japan, also teaching in workshops, giving lectures worldwide.
Zsolt has participated in numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions, competitions, fairs, symposiums and won several awards in Korea, Italy, Spain and Hungary.
The purpose of the workshop is to understand and utilize the opportunities for shaping forms inherent in molding errors. We will learn how to prepare a multi-part plaster molding form, which allows us to shape the internal and external forms of the final object.
The workshop begins with a screening of projections, the first part of which consists of the presentation of Zsolt József Simon’s works, allowing us to observe and understand this special molding procedure. The second half of the screening will demonstrate the creation of a specific item from the beginning to the final stages.
Participants begin working on their individual plans or based on one of Zsolt’s items, through individual consultation, before everyone starts creating their own plaster form. All participants will create a different form, allowing us to learn from each other’s work. We will go through the entire process from mixing the plaster, sawing, sanding and assembling the plaster form all the way to the porcelain casting.
Requirement für participation: Good knowledge of working with clay
Bring with you: work cloth, note-taking materials.
Language of instruction: English
Included in the price: Material, clay, firing of the ceramiks.