August 30 - September 13

Handbuilt Pottery for the Hand and Home with Jeremy Randall

Handbuilt Pottery for the Hand and Home with Jeremy Randall

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Workshop Dates:
August 30 - September 13
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About the Workshop

In this workshop we will explore new ways to construct functional pottery forms from slabs and paper templates, and transforming those flat shapes into functional pots. Focusing on the intimate objects that we use regularly; primarily cups, mugs, bowls, and vases, we will use these objects as canvases to explore surfaces and develop new ways to convey and layer our ideas. Working within our beautiful Italian surroundings, we will use our time equally between making and looking. We will step out of our comfort zones, finding beauty in the mundane, and finding surfaces that are captivating in both our environment as well as our pottery.ย  We will utilize various regional clays to make terra sigilatta, historically used in this region of Italy since the Etruscan times, that will become our canvas to build upon in our explorations.

Participants will be housed in the remarkably well-preserved Umbrian hill town of Monte Castello di Vibio.ย  Your workshop package is all-inclusive, providing welcome and departure services and airport transfer from the Rome Fiumicino, Leonardo Da Vinci Airport (FCO). Aboard our comfortable private bus, single occupancy accommodations with shared bath (a wide range of upgrades with private bath are available), 3 meals per day Monday-Thursday, Prosecco brunch and dinner on Saturday and Sunday (no meals are served on Friday, our excursion day. Your workshop includes one excursion per week and many additional options are available on weekends for an additional fee. Of course, 24/7 access to facilities and 24/7 bi-lingual support are provided.

Meet The Instructors

Jeremy Randall
Jeremy Randall has been working in clay and making decorative and functional

pottery for over 20 years. He received his Bachelorโ€™s of Fine Arts from Syracuse

University in 2000, and his Masters of Fine Arts in ceramics from the University

of Florida in 2005. Currently he lives in Tully, New York, and owns and operates

his studio/teaching and retail business Papavero Clay Studio in Marcellus NY.

Jeremyโ€™s work can be found in galleries across the US, has shown in numerous

national shows, and has had the privilege of teaching workshops across the

United States and internationally. In 2017 he began an apprenticeship program in

his studio, looking for ways to offer traditional/non-traditional educational experiences for emerging artists in a ceramic studio setting.

Included Amenities

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  • Airport transfer from and to the Leonardo da Vinci Rome/Fiumicino Airport (FCO) aboard our private bus (on scheduled dates only). Bus departs the airport promptly at 12PM.
  • Airport welcome service and assistance with baggage
  • 24/7 bi-lingual support with manager on site at all times
  • All ground transport aboard private buses or our ICA van, unless otherwise specified. Licensed and insured professional driver and ICA guide accompany all excursions. Orientation at each destination is provided as is departure coordination (guide service is available upon request โ€” unless specified โ€” for an additional fee)
  • Complimentary bottle of local wine provided in rooms on arrival day and complimentary locally made soap
  • Village orientation and complimentary drinks provided on arrival day
  • Private access to our 5-storey tower at our Palazzo Persiane (on sign-up basis) for spectacular morning and evening views
  • Access to our art materials shop (during posted hours)
  • Thorough orientation lecture and maps provided the evening before departure
  • Return transport to the Rome/Fiumicino Airport (departs 5:30AM) with rest stop
  • Departure service/airport assistance at airport
  • Unless otherwise specified, single occupancy accommodation is provided in rooms with a view of the Tiber Valley that includes sink and vanity. Rooms are with shared bath on each level (3 rooms per bath) in our 14th century convent building, The Asilo. Apartments, rooms with private bath and AC, double rooms, group or villa accommodations are available for couples, business associates/ friends, or groups for an additional fee
  • Linens and towels provided
  • Weekly housekeeping service with change of towels and linens
  • Free washing machine access
  • Good Wi-Fi connection and access to our library and film collection
  • 3 chef-catered, gourmet meals per day (buffet breakfast, 3-course lunch, 4-course dinner) โ€” with wine at lunch and dinner (table wine provided at lunch and dinner. An excellent wine list is offered at additional cost), while in Monte Castello
  • Group dining service is as follows, with breakfast and lunch served in our dining room, etc, with dinner (weather permitting) served on our private terrace overlooking the Tiber Valley
  • Lunch and dinner are plated as follows: pasta course, main course, vegetable, fruit/salad, dessert
  • When requested at registration, vegetarian, vegan, and special dietary options are provided
  • After dinner drinks on our terrace overlooking the Tiber valley
  • Dining service is as follows: Breakfast: 8:00 AM; Lunch: 1:00PM; Dinner: 8:00 PM. No meals are served on Fridays (excursion day) unless otherwise specified
  • On Saturday and Sunday, a full buffet brunch with fresh pastry and Prosecco is served at 11:00 AM
  • On Saturday, homemade, wood-fired pizza is served at 7:00 PM (except on departure days, when a special farewell dinner is served)
  • Sunday dinner with antipasti is served at 7:00 PM
  • Farewell dinner on the evening prior to departure
  • 24/7 access to our primary building and library is provided, including access to workspaces, studios, and ceramics facility
  • Special access to certain cultural and art collections is available upon request
  • FOR VISUAL ARTISTS:ย private, or semi-private secure and monitored studio space is provided (24/7 access)
  • FOR WRITERS:ย private workspace is provided (24/7 access)
  • FOR GROUPS:ย Group workspace is provided (24/7 access)
  • FOR CERAMIC ARTISTS:ย 24/7 access to our ceramics facility
  • Free access to lectures and events at the Teatro Concordia
  • An end of the session exhibition with reception that includes hors d'oeuvres and Prosecco in our gallery. Posters are prepared to promote the event with copies provided to all participants
  • 1 excursion per week is included (unless otherwise specified in the itinerary) aboard our private bus. Additional trips can of course be scheduled and given our central location. (Day trips are possible to as far north as Siena or Florence and as far south as Rome.)
  • Advanced reservations and ticket purchases for groups and individuals
  • Concierge services provided upon request at an hourly rate
  • Restaurant reservations (provided under Concierge services)
  • Car rental
  • Critique series with visiting visual artists
  • Artist materials workshops
  • Drawing and painting sessions from the figure
  • Cooking classes
  • Cheesemaking workshop
  • Pizza-making workshop
  • Kids cooking classes
  • Wine appreciation and Sommelier Courses
  • Wine and olive oil tastings
  • Vineyard tours
  • Truffle hunting
  • Ballroom dance classes
  • Weekend excursions to flea markets and natural sites
  • Shopping excursions to cashmere and leather outlets, to Derutaย famous for fine painted traditional ceramics, and antiqueย stores
  • Overnight excursions to the sea and day-trips to Rome beaches
  • Hot air balloon tours
  • Hot springs excursions
  • Lake Trasimeno tours
  • Umbria abandoned castle and fortress tour
  • Sustainable farming tourย 
  • Babysitting services
  • Soccer, archery, and horseback riding camps for kids
  • Motorized mountain bike rentals
  • Electric car rentalย 
  • Golf-cart tours of Rome and Florence
  • Hiking/naturalist guides to national/regional parks - mountain hiking available
  • Fishing/Hunting Excursions

Payment Options

Refund/Cancellationย Policy

Payment in full must be made within 30 days of submission of โ‚ฌ 500 (Euro) non-refundable deposit in order to hold the reservation.

Payment in full is required within 60 days of the start of the workshop- no participant will be admitted to our airport transfer with an outstanding balance.

All payments are non-refundable after payment in full has been made - however, under certain circumstances (see below) credit from one course may be utilized for another within a one-year period.

Session Cancellation by ICARTS

ICARTS only โ€œcancelsโ€ retreats in the event of low enrollment or in circumstances in which providing the opportunity to re-schedule is not possible.

In circumstances in which travel is interrupted due to travel restrictions or health protocols, Force Majeure (such as a: strike, riot, acts of God) ICARTS WILL NOT CANCEL and will re-schedule programs to the soonest reasonable opportunity.

In case of death or illness. of instructor, a substitution will be made at the discretion of ICARTS

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Required Forms

All ICA participants; whether coming independently, with a group or through a college / university, must provide the following completed forms and information to icarts.info@gmail.com at least 2 weeks prior to attending their program. 
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Proof of Insurance / Travel Insurance
Itinerary and Passport
For detailed information and to download the required forms, please visit our Guides and Forms page.

Itinerary

Day1 : Sunday, August 30

Arrive Rome/Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO); Bus Departs FCO promptly at 12:00 PM. With this in mind, our shuttle cannot support arrivals later than 11:00 AM.  Participants arriving after 11:00 AM must coordinate the trip to Monte Castello at their own expense.

Arrival at Monte Castello di Vibio appx.: 2:30 PM:Lunch/Orientation/Rest/ Tour of village/ Dinner

Day 2 : Monday, August 31

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: Mix small batches of slips in prep, other materials prep and organization. Template discussion, cutting, layouts, basic shapes that can be explored. Conversation about slab making, prepping, and general housekeeping.  Cup demo and template construction

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Handle Demo and discussion about placement and proportion. Handles 3 ways: Exercise in multiple ways of handle making. 

Exercise of making a mug or cup deliberately based on something youve seen or experienced thus far in your travels.

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work

8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

Day 3 : Tuesday, September 1

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: Darting and cutting. Changing dimension, more pattern working techniques. Demo: Yunomi and ways to make a cup with a foot.

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Mixing terra sig. We will make two types of sig, preferably a white and red, but we can do any two natural colors that are available.  We will mix today, and then will wait to decant until tomorrow.

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work

8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

Day 4 : Wednesday, September 2

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: Work day.  Local walking field trip to find inspiration.  We will draw, photograph, take notes, and brainstorm for surface ideas, color palette, develop ideas on how surroundings influence and inform reference. 

Exercise: Make two vessels that have a very specific use.  How does function or material dictate form?

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Decant terra sig.  We will then discuss and demonstrate uses, application, particulars, coloration.  I will also demonstrate the silhouette cutter, and talk about digital manipulation and program options to explore some masking for glaze and underglaze decoration.

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work

8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

 

Day 5 : Thursday, September 3

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: Demo small plates, saucers, Espresso cups, spoons.  Develop new templates for these shapes. Studio Work session.

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Slip, layering, sgraffito, mark making, foundational surfaces in preparation for glazes and finish. LOAD BISQUE!!

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work

8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

Day 6 : Friday, September 4

1st Bisque fire

Excursion: Orvieto! Stroll the city and visit the Duomo, the Archeological Museum, the Etruscan Museum, the Pozzo di San Patrizio, and the caves upon which Orvieto stands. Delicious lunch together, and time enough for gelato, espresso, and even a little shopping before returning to Monte Castello.

 

Day 7 : Saturday, September 5

Morning: Begin demo and discussion on more complex forms. Small Lidded forms, hard slab construction.  Demo wall boxes for surface exploration.

11:00 AM Brunch

Afternoon: Work afternoon with individual discussion, troubleshooting, problem solving, in process feedback

8:00 PM Dinner

Day 8 : Sunday, September 6

Morning: Load second bisque

Glazing discussion, demonstration.  Washes and layering for texture, experimentation. Glazing in prep for wednesday glaze loading. 

11:00 AM Brunch

Afternoon: Free or independent work: Slide/Artist talk.  Jeremy will do a personal creative discussion, my own process info, background. Continue building, glazing, surface exploration, 

8:00 PM: Dinner

Day 9 : Monday, September 7

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: Bisque fire

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Work time, studio feedback, help and discussion as needed

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work 8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

Day 10: Tuesday, September 8

Excursion: Church of Madonna del Bagni; Deruta/ Assisi

Day 11 : Wednesday, September 9

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: In process critique, prep for final glaze. This slot will be left for any desired last demos, examples, and last bisque of anything wanting to go into the show on Saturday

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Continue working to develop glaze surface design

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work

8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

Day 12: Thursday, September 10

8:30 – 9:30 Breakfast

9:30 – 1:00 Morning Session: Finish glazing and load final glaze kiln.  Begin to organize the studio and return order to the chaos

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch

2:00 – 6:30 Afternoon Session: Gather to drink spritzes and take a breath while the kiln is firing

6:30 – 8:00 Free time or independent work

8:00 – 9:00 Dinner

9:00 – 10:30 Optional time for presentations, films, lectures, etc.

Day 13: Friday, September 11

8:30-9:30 Breakfast

Morning Session: End of class critique/discussion.  Wrap up the workshop, and come together as a group to reflect on what was learned.  Any work that may need to be packed that will not be in the show, arrange for shipping or carry back to the states.

1:00 Lunch

Afternoon Session: Discuss the show on Saturday, final studio cleanup.

8:00 Dinner

Day 14: Saturday, September 12

Morning: Prep for end of session exhibition.  Unload last kilns, labels, titles, etc.  Bring work to the show location and set up display of finished work!! We did it!!

11:00 AM Brunch

Afternoon: free or independent work

3:00 Set up Exhibition

6:00 Exhibition

8:00 Farewell Dinner

Day 13: Sunday, September 13

Departure day 

Rome/Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci Airport (FCO); Bus Departs Monte Castello at 5:30 AM

 

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