FALLING SLAB – Workshop with Angelica Tulimiero
Guest Artists Workshop120,00 €
- Play with clay in a freer, more instinctive way
- Let gravity become part of your creative process
- Turn a flat slab into soft, organic forms
On Sunday,April 28, 2027, together with Angelica Tulimiero, we’ll explore a more playful and instinctive way of working with clay.
We’ll build our own soft moulds, prepare and decorate clay slabs, then let them fall. Gravity, weight and impact will shape the clay around the mould, creating soft, organic forms that are never entirely predictable.
A workshop about experimenting with the material, embracing the unexpected and discovering what happens when you give up a little control.
Book the Date
- Duration: 300 minutes
- Max participants: 12
- Type: Single event
What happens when you stop trying to control every detail and let gravity become part of the making process?
Falling Slab explores a freer, more physical and spontaneous approach to ceramics.
Together with Angelica Tulimiero, we’ll start by making our own soft moulds, using tights filled with materials such as vermiculite, sand or rice. By changing their shape and volume, we’ll create the foundations for different organic forms.
Next, we’ll prepare our clay slabs and explore ways to work with and decorate their surfaces. Then comes the unexpected part: we’ll let them fall.
Placed over the soft moulds, the slabs will be dropped onto the floor, allowing gravity, weight and impact to shape the clay naturally around them. The result is a series of soft, flowing forms that leave space for chance and surprise.
From there, we’ll take control again. We’ll look at the forms that emerge and decide where to take them next. Each piece can evolve into a functional object or a sculpture, depending on your own ideas and visual language.
A workshop to play, experiment and respond to the material, discovering a way of working with clay that feels more instinctive, spontaneous and open to the unexpected.
The Teacher
Angelica Tulimiero is a contemporary ceramic artist whose practice is rooted in the observation of material and the textures and patterns found in nature, explored through clay, form and surface.
Her work and research have taken her across the world, from the United States and Indonesia to Armenia and China, where her encounter with the tradition of celadon has deeply influenced her more recent practice.
Alongside her artistic work, Angelica has been teaching ceramics since 2013, leading courses, workshops and masterclasses focused on hand-building techniques. Today, she works from her studio in Bozzolo, in the province of Mantua.
Discover more of her work on Instagram and at angelicatulimiero.net.
Info
Workshop Details
- When is the workshop? Sunday, April 4, 2027
- Where? At Studio Mud, Via Alloro 66, Palermo
- How long is it? 5 hours, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
- Are materials included? Yes, we’ll provide everything you need.
- Lunch is included and offered to all participants.
- What should you bring? Comfortable clothes… and your curiosity! We’ll take care of everything else.
- Are places limited? Yes, the workshop is limited to 10 participants. It will go ahead with a minimum of 8 participants registered by March 28, 2027. Save your spot!
- How much does it cost? €120 per person. If you’re attending a Studio Mud intensive or weekly course, you’ll get 10% off one workshop of your choice (€108). Newsletter subscribers get 5% off their first workshop of choice (€114).
- What happens if the workshop is cancelled? If we don’t reach the minimum of 8 participants, or if the workshop cannot go ahead for any other reason, you can choose between a full refund or a voucher for the same amount to use towards another Studio Mud workshop.
