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LATVIA PRESENTATION & WORKSHOP 13th of October 12-5pm

Posted on 8th October 2012.
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I am giving a presentation about my ceramic experience in Latvia & running a workshop in enamel decoration on Saturday the 13th of October at The Centre For Better Health Gallery, Hackney. Please find more details in the flyer.

If you would like to attend this event please get in touch with Cirillo asap to book a place, his telephone number is 02089853570.

Latvia is full of great ceramic artists! this event will give you an insight into their fantastic country, works and techniques (Open to everyone, you don’t need to have experience in ceramics to participate)

‘CELEBRATION’ OPENING NIGHT AT FORMAN’S GALLERY

Posted on 5th October 2012.
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Excellent opening night at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery to celebrate the opening of ‘Celebration: the Big Picture’. Many thanks to everybody who came, I hope you enjoyed it!

Many thanks as well to the organizers, artists & helpers (especially personal thanks to Nik & my brother Manu for all their support & help)

If anybody has any photos of the opening night that they really like, I would love to see them! (please send them to the email in the contact page)

CERAMICS IN LATVIA

Posted on 28th September 2012.
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Latvian ceramic highlights!!

I will be giving a presentation about my ceramic experience in Latvia on the 13th of October at The Centre For Better Health, Hackney. More info about this event soon! x

TRIPS AROUND LATVIA

Posted on 28th September 2012.
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We went on several excursions around Latvia, including: The Latvian Ethnographic Museum; Rundale Palace, with its huge collection of ceramic tiles and utensils in their historic surroundings; The Baltic Sea coast; Turaida Castle in Gauja National Park; Turaida Cave; and Sigulda town & cultural centre. Here are some pictures!

RIGA OLD CITY

Posted on 23rd September 2012.
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I have spent a couple of weeks in Latvia participating in a ceramics symposium and visiting different Latvian regions and exploring the arts and crafts of the Baltic. I am immensely grateful to my Latvian hosts for a very warm welcome & their expert guidance, and many thanks to Grundtvig for their financial support.

On this blog I will be uploading a few pictures of the highlights of places, arts and experiences that I have encountered on my journey.

To begin with I will show you some images of Riga, where we were based. We had some time to explore the beautiful medieval streets and numerous Art Nouveau buildings. In the following posts I will firstly show highlights of excursions out of Riga, and secondly focus on Latvian ceramics.

I hope it gives a good impression of Riga & Latvia ceramics, I love the whole trip! Feel free to add comments.