TERRACOTTA ASSOCIATION WORKSHOP - CLAY & WOOD

The fourth open workshop of Association Terracotta 
continues the work on the project by Lidia Boševski.

In the fourth Terakota workshop we worked with wood textures 

(branches, sections, bark).

Participants created prints for the database of textures and the prints that will be designed so that they can serve as a ceramics tools/stamp.

Each student created an object inspired by a form from the nature 
with wood texture applied on it.

Soil and wood are inseparable, so the clay welcomes cellulose 
– if joined, they can form a new material. 

At the end of this workshop everyone created a sample of paper from wood pulp found in the woods and recycled paper.

Photo credit: Lidia Boševski

TERRACOTTA ASSOCIATION - clay & stone // WORKSHOP

Report from the second workshop which was held
 at Lidia Boševski atelier Owl, December 2013.

With this 2nd workshop Lidia started her project under the working title

“Database of textures from the nature”.

Lidia’s idea of a database of textures developed over a period of ten years, through intense being in nature,
 collecting various materials (bark, branches, seeds, stones, leaves), photographing, using specific fragments as tools,
 and organizing the workshop “Ceramic herbarium” in the Botanical garden in Zagreb. 

In order to bring the collected material into a meaningful whole, 
Lidia has decided to create systematically, over a longer period and with the help of the Terracotta workshop participants, 
a database that would serve as a reminder, a creative connection with nature, as inspiration and a potential collection of working tools. 

The workshop opens the database with selected stones and their graphics and is organized in three phases:

1. Creating abstract object form from clay, using a specific technique

2. Creating a print for the database and for ourselves, which can later be used as a tool/stamp

3. Object that is shaped earlier we decorate with graphics from the stone

                                                               Photo credit: Lidia Boševski

OaZo Ceramics

OaZo Ceramics

is a small home based studio where the whole process of making, 

preparation of clay and other materials is taking place. 

Every single item is entirely handsculpted. 

Organic forms and textures are inspired by the world of nature and natural materials 

so in the process of making no ingredients and materials

 that may be toxic and harmful to health are being used. 

Thanks to various design techniques and the medium itself, 

each item is unique with a lot of time, effort and love invested in it.

Based in Zagreb, Croatia.