Ceramics

professor: Veronika Selingerová

The discipline of Ceramics operates in a wide context of possibilities of using materials and colours in a space. Clay as a malleable material is the basic medium, above all the procedural tactile contact. The feeling of “creation” is given precedence to the result, which in respect to the difficult process of realisation (drying, firing, glazing) may not attain one’s initial ambition.
Craft (and its basic mastery) serves in this connection as an important supportive medium, both for the success of realisation and for the self-awareness of the artist. Experiences arising from the future teacher’s own work are integral in this process. Students in the given discipline have an extensive workshop at their disposition, with opportunities to apply both contemporary and traditional technology.
Room for deliberations on “art” is supplied in a tolerant environment, featuring contact with historic and contemporary representatives in this discipline by means of required study, personal meetings, literature, magazines, and having an open mind for discussion.