Modelling and Casting Courses

Our modelling and casting courses are just right for you if you …

are either a beginner or advanced and experienced sculptor.
like to experiement with (new) materials or deepen existing skills.
place value on personal guidance in small course groups.
want to be instructed by accomplished course instructors.
like to let yourself be inspired in the creative process by like-minded students.
feel neither to young nor too old for this!

The multiplicity of applied materials offers much variety: clay, plasticine and wax are used for modelling. Plasticine is re-usable and wax serves as modelling material for the wax melting process in bronze casting. Predominately, clay, the classic modelling material, is utilized in the courses. Your work can also be fired at our school. Through the firing process, clay is usable as an ideal artistic finished product.

Our offering of modelling courses comprises the following 3 variations, which we consciously mix together for the compilation of each course group or together with other sculpting courses:

Course Offers

Taster Course Modelling

Newcomers

Together with the course instructor, you will discover the basics of modeling and implement your own first ideas. You will get to know different materials such as clay, plasticine or wax - or simply try out all three to develop a feeling for what suits you best.

Basic Course Modelling

Beginner

In this advanced course, we build on your existing knowledge and guide you step by step through new, exciting projects. Whether clay, plasticine or wax - you work with the material of your choice and expand your craft skills in the process.

Advanced Course Modelling

Advanced and professional

In this advanced course, our experienced instructor will guide you with expert support, valuable tips and plenty of inspiration. Together, you will select suitable motifs and turn them into clay step by step. The course instructor will be at your side every step of the way - from brainstorming to the finished sculpted figure.

Special Courses: Modelling

Coloring clay works

Breathe "new colorful life" into your clay works! In this 2½-day course, you will learn the techniques for painting clay sculptures and clay objects with acrylic and oil paints. Under expert guidance, you will experiment with colors and surface design. You will be accompanied step by step by our course instructor from the preparation to the colorful final result.

Faces and hands in clay

Facial expressions and gestures - study the facial expressions of people. Joy, sadness, surprise or anger - learn about different emotions and create the respective facial studies. Speaking with your hands - what do these gestures mean? Learn the important basics to give your sculpture the desired message!

Design and Modelling in Concrete

Concrete is ideal for exterior design. You will be familiarized with the special features of the material and receive valuable technical tips.

Hollowed Out Clay Sculpture

With the right technique, large-format sculptures in a hollow structure are possible, which can then be fired.

Modeling a nude after a live model

First you will be taught important basic knowledge of anatomy and the theory of proportions (1 / 8 division). Then you will make a didactic drawing and a wire frame

Modeling a head/portrait in clay

This course begins with an introduction to the proportions and anatomy of the head. After creating an armature, the head is constructed using clay.

Töpfer-Schnupperkurs

Discover pottery without a wheel in this creative weekend taster course. Design personal ceramic objects using free-building techniques and learn engobe painting - ideal for the curious and creative with no previous experience.

Casting Courses

Bronzecasting

Create filigree small sculptures using the full bronze casting process! First, a wax model is created, which is then molded and burned out. The mold is then filled with molten bronze and the casting is finally finished. From Monday morning to Tuesday lunchtime, you will model together with our course instructor.

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Combination of Practice, Theory and Demonstration

Important topics and demonstrations are offered simultaneously with practical instruction. Utilize the possibility to deepen your specialized knowledge! In half-day courses theory instruction can only be taken in the morning.

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