Printmaking:
The participants each get their own plexiglass which they draw/carve on. Choose or create your own motif. The picture or sketch is placed under the plexiglass to carve out the motif. After you have finished carving, the plate is blackened and ink is pushed into the grooves on the surface of the plate. Then acid-free, good quality printing paper is placed over the plate whereupon it goes through the press. Afterwards you remove the paper to reveal the print. Each participant is given the chance to make 3-4 prints off their plate. The ink is water-based, non-toxic and easy to wash off with soap and water. The participants themselves choose whether they want to work with colour or just black ink.
Course duration Saturday 11:00-15:00
Wear work clothes and an apron if you have one
This print course is held by artist Solveig Landa
Pottery Course
In the pottery course we will build with surfaces, roll and assemble the parts. -(straight shapes) hollowing out, squeezing out a shape of a "ball" -building with "sausages", rolling "sausages" and stacking them on top of each other (outside and inside shapes)Hanne Tobiassen run the ceramics studio together with 2 others, they have been there for almost 12 years.
Hanne have worked as a ceramicist for almost 40 years, the first 2 years as an intern at Kirkeristen in Oslo with Arne Nilsen, then she went to Italy and studied at the istituto di Belle arte per la ceramica in Faenza. And ended up in Stavanger in 1989 and has since had a workshop at Grannes school, then in the basement at home and for the last 12 years in Gamle Stavanger
Sailing course:
The course is for those who have little or no sailing experience. The main goal of the course is that you should understand how a sailboat works and feel safe,even if the boat may tilt a lttle to the side when sailing upwind(This is not dangerous and will be adapted to the participants experience of security).
The course takes place in sheltered waters in the area around Stavanger/Byøyene. If the weather is good, we may take the trip out to Kvitsøy.
Course duration Friday: 15:00-19:00
Saturday: 11:00-15:00
In the course you will learn about:
• The sailboat
• Equipment, words and expressions
• Hosting and lowering of sails
• Relation between sailing and the wind
• Running, reaching and beating
• Change which side the sails are on(turn and jib)
• Sailtrim
• Useful knots
• Sailing and safety
In addition, it is possible to take a closer look at other relevant topics/activities if there is interest and time for it:
• Fishing
• Navigation
• Seaway rules
• Mooring
Wind and weather can affect what we can accomplish
Since we will be outside most of the time regardless of the weather, we recommend bringing: rain and windproof outerwear, woolly/thermal underwear, warm sweater, woolly hat and mittens. Shoes/boots should not have slippery soles or make marks on the deck. If you need to borrow anything from us, we can help with this, but will need to be notified a few days in advance.
Our captain, Bjørn Roar Pettersen «I have a passion for the sea and sailing I took up sailing when I was at university (I have a Civil Engineer degree from the faculty of Marine Engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim) Have sailed mostly in regattas with boat types Albin Express and 2.4mR (one-person keelboat). Have competed both nationally and internationally I hold a recreational skipper certificate «D5LA», valid worldwide for vessels up to 24 metres and up to 12 paying passengers I grew up in the district of Helgeland (just outside the artic circle) and live and work in Stavanger»
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