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Arts and Crafts school

The Cerdeira Arts and Crafts School is a space for learning techniques that result from timeless lines and, simultaneously, a place
for ​​creativity and art with a contemporary twist. We offer:

1 to 3 days workshops for beginners, and longer courses, 5-10 days, that allow greater technical advance and immerse yourself in creative work.

If you are a professional artist, our classes offer a rich environment dedicated to real skills, rooted in tradition, and a space for your creativity to grow.

Our teachers are Portuguese and foreign professional artists, specialists in their field who are happy to share their knowledge with those looking for our courses.


 

Ceramics

Cerdeira is specially dedicated to ceramics with a fully equipped workshop and one of the few smokeless wood-fired kilns in Europe.

Professional ceramicists visit Cerdeira throughout the year for workshops, events, and exhibitions.

Wood

Wood has been at the very heart of the life of Cerdeira from its beginning.

Our space lends itself to the teaching and practicing of traditional and contemporary woodworking.

Basketry

Fighting against oblivion, basketry courses teach one of the oldest crafts.

Cerdeira welcomes these knowledge where technique and material find the time and silence necessary for learning to happen.

 

Calendar

 
 

14-24

JUL 2026

CERAMICS SCULPTURE W/ RENATO COSTA E SILVA AND KERSTIN THOMAS

Participants will explore different approaches to ceramic sculpture, from figurative to abstract. Modeling techniques will serve to study proportions and the expressiveness of the human face.

10-13

SEPT 2026

COLORS OF SERRA DA LOUSÃ W/ MARTA RODRIGUES
Workshop on creating watercolors sets from natural pigments. In this workshop, you will explore the colour potential of the Serra da Lousã by collecting local pigments and extracting colour from rocks and soil.

18-27

SEPT 2026

CERAMIC SOUND MASKS W/ nómada cerámica
In this course, you will learn how to create a ceramic sound mask, combining modeling techniques, musical clay objects construction and woodfiring.

05-15

NOV 2026

FUNCTIONAL POTTERY W/ Anne Mette Hjortshøj
Functional Pottery - clay for everyday use is an immersive course that invites participants to explore the art of making pots for the kitchen and take part in a wood firing at Sasukenei smokeless kiln, in Cerdeira.
 

20-22

NOV 2026

KILN BUILDING W/ Renato Costa e Silva e Kerstin Thomas
In the KIiln Building Workshop, we will build small gas or wood fired ceramic kilns where we can fire our pieces with great care.

07-14

JAN 2027

CERAMICS FOR BEGINNERS w/ KERSTIN THOMAS AND RENATO COSTA E SILVA
In the introductory ceramics course, you will learn to choose the right clay for our pieces and each ceramic technique that is fundamental for successful work. We will create our pieces, molding and modeling, building, sculpting, or working on the potter's wheel. We will also get to know the advantages of each technique and benefit from your newly acquired knowledge.

22-24

JAN 2027

kiln building workshop w/ KERSTIN THOMAS AND RENATO COSTA E SILVA
In the Kiln Building workshop, we will build small gas or wood-fired kilns where we can fire our pieces with the utmost care.

09-19

FEB 2027

WOODFIRING & SHINO GLAZES w/ ÁLVARO VILLAMAÑAN & BARRY KRZYWICKI
The Woodfiring & Shino glazes course—Making pots for the kitchen and table at Cerdeira—Home for Creativity will focus on understanding the entire ceramic process: from developing a participant’s skill in the production of utilitarian pieces to glazing and wood firing in our Sasukenei smokeless kiln.
 

11-17

APR 2027

RAKU COURSE - FROM CLAY TO FIRE w/ TIM ANDREWS
Tim Andrews has dedicated his career to pushing the boundaries of Raku, combining traditional techniques with his own innovative methods. His work is renowned for its unique surfaces, which often feature intricate patterns and textures, created through the dynamic interaction of heat, glaze, and smoke. In this course, he will guide you on a journey of exploration and expression, teaching you his belief that the process itself is as important as the final piece, allowing the unpredictability of the firing to reveal unexpected beauty and form.

05-09

MAY 2027

THE SHAPES OF ESPARTO w/ ANDOR STUDIO
Esparto is a natural, durable and biodegradable plant fiber, native to the Iberian Peninsula. Working with esparto is a conscious choice that combines tradition, sustainability, and low environmental impact, as the techniques can be adapted in participants’ home countries using locally sourced native fibers.

2027

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2027

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