Artists at work!
The other side of the Guadalquivir River is home to many ceramics artists, and the students visited one of the oldest ceramic workshops in Sevilla. Bea told us that this ceramics “taller” had been owned by her family for three generations and that they live in the house above the shop. After sharing the history, she welcomed us into the taller.
Once inside, we took our seats at tables while Bea explained that the paints get their color from metals and that it is important not to mix them and to rinse the brush well between colors since the reaction can cause the paint to change color when exposed to the high oven temperatures. The most traditional colors were green, orange, yellow, and cobalt blue, but there were also other shades of blue, teal, and pink.
The tiles the students painted had an Arabic, geometric pattern, but the students had the option to paint any design over it. After the students finished painting, they signed the back of their tiles and left them at the taller to be baked in the oven. A few days later, the tiles were brought to class at EUSA so that students could pick up their final product.
Related Posts
How Living with a Host Family is Imperative for Learning a New Language
By: Alex Smith Do you really want to be ‘bilingual’? Not many people know what it takes until they are studying in another country and realize the number of layers... keep reading
Cooking Sweets!
Today we participated in another cooking class at the Taller Andaluz - what a great time!! We learned how to make two typical sweets from Seville - tarta de abuela... keep reading
Week 4: Percussion workshop
Yesterday, the students enjoyed a really fun activity: a percussion workshop! The class started with the teacher sowhing them some basic rhythms and warming up, getting to know the fundamentals... keep reading