NATURE INSPIRED:
Free-form Hand-building
with Judit Varga
May 18-31, 2025
During our two weeks working together, participants will be individually guided to find their unique voice through clay, using the visual vocabulary of surrounding nature as a starting point for expressing their own emotions and feelings.
Judit will share her extensive knowledge of hand-building methods and clay-based coloring and glazing. Participants will explore ideas for forms, colors, and surfaces based on small artifacts found in the surrounding lush nature. Empty pods, withering flowers, fallen leaves, shells, and twigs will provide the visual vocabulary to create unique pieces from malleable clay.
The day will start with demonstrations, discussions, and sharing ideas, then will focus on individually finding the best hand-building technique for each person’s nature-inspired creation.
It is a free-forming hand-building workshop, welcome to professional artists and artistic enthusiasts, regardless of one’s previous knowledge or experience.
TUITION: USD $2200 inclusive of all studio materials, glazes and firings, catered lunches, welcome dinner, and excursions around the island. We will assist in making recommendations for bookings for nearby hotels, bungalows or home-stays in convenient proximity to Gaya studio (accommodation is not included in tuition).