14 – 20 June 2021 ~ Iglesias, Sardinia

Clay Plaster Workshop, Sardinia, June 2021

The sense of color in earthen surfaces

Clay Plaster Workshop

14-20 June 2021

The earth is a matter that lets itself shaped, participates in the regulation of the internal humidity of an environment and allows many creative languages. Preparing a plaster using earth requires some knowledge of matter and little energy, without any chemical transformation. Earthen plasters are mainly used as interior coatings. Like the membrane that covers our body, plaster is a kind of skin and adapts to the shapes it encounters. It is the first element we notice in an environment, that creates a certain atmosphere. The earthen surfaces can be refined and make an elegant interior, while declaring the aesthetic characteristics of the environment through color, texture or decorative interventions.

Workshop site

The workshop will take place in one of the porches of the historic buildings (1800) of the Cantina Aru, located in the Cixerri Valley in Iglesias, on the border with Villamassargia.

The historic buildings of the 1800s are mainly built with raw earth.

Programme

14 June | 8:30-13:00 | 14:30-17:00 | WORKSHOP

  • characteristics and components of the earth and of the mixture for finishing plaster
  • types of substrates
  • tools and application techniques
  • 20:00 Aperitif-dinner – Historic olive grove S’Ortu Mannu

15 June | 8:30-13:00 | 14:30-17:00 | WORKSHOP
experimentation and realization of the plasters on the following themes:

  • the earth and its chromatic variety
  • earth and aggregates
  • induced / imposed color
  • 17:30 Punt’e S’Arena Beach
  • 20:30 Dinner in the court house Ventanas

16 June | 8:30-13:00 | 14:30-17:00 | WORKSHOP
experimentation and realization of the plasters on the following themes:

  • the earth and its chromatic variety
  • earth and aggregates
  • induced / imposed color
  • 19:00 Visit to the diffuse MuDIS Museum – Dinner at the Lisci Santadi House

17 June | 8:30-13:00 | 14:30-17:00 | WORKSHOP

  • excursion with the geologist Fausto Pani
  • color sensation and surface quality: the use of tools and processing steps that characterize the surface of the plaster
  • conference – “Raw earth finishes applied to the interior design” – by Isabella Breda
  • 17:30 Punt’e S’Arena Beach
  • 20:30 Dinner in the court house Ventanas

18 June | 8:30-13:00 | 14:30-17:00 | WORKSHOP

  • color sensation and surface quality: the use of tools and processing steps that characterize the surface of the plaster
  • 18:30 Visit with dinner at the earth house Pau – Manca in Vallermosa

19 June | 8:30-13:00 | 14:30-17:00 | WORKSHOP

  • color sensation and surface quality: the use of tools and processing steps that characterize the surface of the plaster
  • site reordering – round table – feedback – conclusions
  • 17:30 Punt’e S’Arena Beach
  • 20:30 Dinner in the court house Ventanas

20 June | 9:00-11:00 | WORKSHOP

  • final event open to visitors and aperitif in the winery

Languages

Italian – French – English

Cost

Workshop € 700.00
includes: trainer, tutor, organization, materials and equipment

Accommodation

You can stay in b&b located in the center of Villamassargia, or in tents at the camping site.

Registration

Pre-registration payment of a deposit of € 350.00 (through paypal – or by bank transfer)
Payment of the whole fee by May 31, 2021

You will get refund only in the event that the workshop does not take place for reasons independent of the organizers.

Contact

› Isabella Breda : Email
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