TRANSFORMATIONS - Throwing and Deconstruction

Ceramic Workshop: Transformations with Aleksander Glich: Sunday 29 November 2026, 11:00–15:30, BIBLIOTEKET Rentemestervej, Copenhagen. Tickets cost 1100 kr.

A two-day ceramic workshop with artist Aleksander Glich, running from 11:00 to 15:30 each day. Participants can continue working independently until 18:00 under the guidance of Aleksander Glich and with assistance from potter Bjarne Christensen.

Aleksander Glich will demonstrate the methods he uses in his own work - throwing, assembly, and deconstruction - and discuss the ideas and analysis behind his practice. The workshop focuses on section throwing as a technique for introducing spontaneity into designed form. Fundamental shapes such as cylindrical bottles and spherical moon jars will be analysed from the perspective of deconstructing them by revealing their constituent elements. Participants will learn the methods and aesthetics of assembling thrown shapes that the artist has developed through his studies and apprenticeships in Korea, Poland, and France, and will be encouraged to apply their own interpretation of these techniques to their everyday practice.

Although Aleksander Glich works with thrown forms, the methods and ideas behind the course are equally relevant to those working with modelled pieces. Places are limited and allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

About the artist: 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 has trained 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 work has been exhibited in Poland, Korea, and France, and he is currently participating in this summer's ClayTopia at Guldagergård.