TRANSFORMATIONS - Throwing and Deconstruction

Ceramics workshop - throwing and deconstruction: 28 November – 29 November 2026, Keramikværkstedet KFF, Copenhagen. Tickets cost 1100 kr.

A two-day workshop on section throwing, deconstruction and transformation with Polish ceramicist Aleksander Glich. The course takes place on Saturday, 28 November and Sunday, 29 November, both days from 11:00 to 15:30, with the option to continue on your own until 18:00 under the guidance of Aleksander Glich and with assistance from potter Bjarne Christensen.

During the course, Aleksander Glich will cover the methods he uses in his own work: throwing, assembling and deconstructing forms, as well as the thinking and analysis behind them. He describes the workshop himself: "The workshop will focus on section throwing as a technique of introducing spontaneity into designed form. Fundamental shapes of cylindrical bottle and spherical moon jar will be analysed from the perspective of deconstructing them by bringing out their constituent elements. Participants will be introduced to the methods and aesthetics of assembling thrown shapes that the artist has learned and developed during his studies and apprenticeships in Korea, Poland and France. The participants then will be encouraged to apply their personal interpretation of these techniques to the forms they work with in their everyday practice."

Although Aleksander Glich works with thrown pieces, the methods and ideas behind them apply equally to those working with modelled pieces. There are limited places on the course, and they are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Aleksander Glich holds a master's degree from the Polish Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design and a master's degree in Polish literature from the University of Warsaw. He apprenticed under Korean ceramicist Seungho Yang at his studio in Taen, South Korea, and has also worked in La Borne, France. He currently works at Guldagergård, International Ceramic Research Center. His works have been exhibited in Poland, Korea and France, and he is participating this summer with works at ClayTopia at Guldagergård.