Ceramics for everyone
Weekly workshops and courses to explore clay, techniques and creative expression.
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Freestyle Ceramics
Explore without Rules
In this workshop, you are the starting point.
For 3 hours, you’re free to explore clay without a predefined project, developing your own ideas at your own pace, with our guidance along the way.
You’ll be able to experiment with different forms, volumes, and approaches, from more functional pieces to more intuitive ones. There’s also space to work on surfaces using engobes, exploring color, texture, and mark-making.
It’s a time to test, take risks, and see what happens when you give space to the process.
The workshop lasts 3 hours and is open to all experience levels, perfect both for those who have never worked with clay and for those with some experience who want to keep exploring in a more open way.
No prior experience is needed, just a willingness to get your hands dirty.
Hosts: Marisa Grilo & Felipe Rocio
Duration: 3 hours
Prince: €50 for person (All materials and firing are included).
Printing on Ceramic
From drawing to clay
In this workshop, we explore the relationship between drawing and ceramics, bringing graphic elements directly into the clay.
Throughout the session, you’ll create your own piece while experimenting with different ways of marking, printing, and transferring drawings onto the surface , exploring how image, texture, and form come together. Instead of more traditional painting techniques, the focus is on imprinting and embedding the drawing directly into the material.
You can work from your own drawings or simply experiment and let the process guide you.
Through these processes, you’ll create unique pieces where gestures and traces are embedded in the clay.
The workshop lasts 3 hours and is ideal for anyone curious about exploring ceramics through drawing.
No prior experience is needed, just a willingness to get your hands dirty.
Hosts: Marisa Grilo & Felipe Rocio
Duration: 3 hours
Prince: €50 for person (All materials and firing are included).
Tile Painting
Create with History
In this workshop, each participant creates a small mural made up of four tiles.
We begin with sketching ideas and transferring them onto the tiles. You’re welcome to bring references from your walks around Porto, patterns, façades, or details that stayed with you, and use them as a starting point for your project. Throughout the session, you can choose to draw directly, use tracing paper, work with molds and stencils, or combine different approaches.
The workshop is designed to make the creative process accessible, even for those who don’t feel comfortable drawing freehand.
Inspired by a city where tiles are part of the landscape and its memory, this workshop is also a way to explore a technique with history and create something personal from that tradition.
The session lasts 2 hours and no prior experience is required.
Hosts: Marisa Grilo & Felipe Rocio
Duration: 2 hours
Prince: €45 for person (All materials and firing are included).
Paint Your Ceramics
A bowl, cup or plate!
For when you want to create a ceramic piece, without working directly with clay.
In this 2-hour session, you’ll personalize pre-fired pieces from our selection. You can choose two items, such as cups, bowls, plates, or wall pieces, and transform them in your own style.
Unlike building a piece from scratch, here the focus is on drawing and color. With full creative freedom, you can use ceramic pencils, engobes, and glazes to explore different approaches to painting and decoration.
Each participant experiments, combines techniques, and creates unique and functional pieces.
The workshop is open to all levels and requires no prior experience.
Hosts: Marisa Grilo & Felipe Rocio
Duration: 2 horas
Prince: €60 for person (All materials and firing are included).
Nerikomi
Ancient Japanese Technique
In this workshop, we explore the Japanese technique of Nerikomi, where clay is colored and combined in layers to create patterns directly within the material.
Throughout the session, you’ll learn how to pigment your own clay using oxides and build unique patterns, from simple combinations to more graphic compositions. You’ll then transform these patterns into pieces such as small plates, cups, or decorative objects.
Each piece emerges from the process, making it entirely unique and one of a kind.
The workshop lasts 3 hours and is ideal for anyone curious about color, pattern, and hands-on experimentation.
No prior experience is needed, just a willingness to get your hands dirty.
Hosts: Marisa Grilo & Felipe Rocio
Duration: 3 horas
Prince: €60 for person (All materials and firing are included).
Ceramics Workshops
Note: Pieces need time to dry before firing, a process that may take several weeks. If needed, you can request shipping for an additional fee.
Sunday Ceramics - Family Style
A workshop for everyone
A session designed for a different kind of Sunday, focused on shared creative time.
Once a month, we open the studio for a more accessible ceramics experience, giving everyone the opportunity to explore clay in a relaxed and informal way.
Families, friends, and groups are invited to experiment with ideas, forms, and processes at their own pace, with our guidance. Like our Freestyle Ceramics sessions, the starting point is each person, here in a lighter, more social format.
The focus is on the experience, the time spent together, and the pleasure of creating with your hands.
The session lasts 2 hours, comes at a reduced price, and is open to all ages.
No prior experience is needed, just a willingness to get your hands dirty.
Hosts: Marisa Grilo & Felipe Rocio
Duration: 2 horas
Prince: €40 for person (All materials and firing are included).
Ceramics Courses
Fundamentals of Handbuilding
4-Class Series
Sundays | 3pm – 5pm
Wednesdays | 7pm – 9pm
Price: 120€
This course is designed for those who want to begin or strengthen their ceramics practice, following the full process from raw clay to finished pieces.
Across four sessions, participants learn key hand-building techniques and gain an understanding of the ceramic process step by step.
Class 1 - Pinching
An introduction to clay through pinching, exploring basic forms, volume, and hand gestures.
Class 2 - Slab building
Working with clay slabs to create functional or decorative forms, focusing on structure and surface.
Class 3 - Coil building
Building pieces using coils, developing height, rhythm, and form.
After the third class, there is a one-week break to allow the pieces to dry and undergo their first firing.
Class 4 - Glazing and firing
Applying glaze and understanding the final kiln firing process.
A hands-on and accessible course for beginners and curious creatives. No previous experience is required.
Creative Exploration & Advanced Techniques
4-Class Series
Tuesdays | 7pm – 9pm
Thursdays | 7pm – 9pm
Price: 120€
This course is aimed at those who want to explore ceramics beyond the basics, focusing on creative and decorative approaches.
Across four sessions, participants combine hand-building, drawing, and printing techniques, expanding their creative possibilities in ceramics.
Class 1 - Nerikomi
Exploring the Japanese nerikomi technique using coloured clay to create graphic patterns within the material.
Class 2 - Tile painting
Developing personal compositions through tile painting, using drawing, transfer methods, and stencils when helpful.
Class 3 - Printing on ceramics
Exploring printing and image transfer techniques applied directly to clay surfaces, combining drawing, texture, and ceramic form.
After the third class, there is a one-week break to allow the pieces to dry and be fired before the final session.
Class 4 - Glazing and firing
Applying glaze and preparing the pieces for their final kiln firing.
A hands-on and creative course for anyone looking to expand their ceramic practice.
Firings in the DoBarro Gas Kiln
Our gas kiln allows for different atmospheres and expressive results — ideal for those who wish to explore material behavior and the depth of reduction or oxidation firings.
Firing up to 1050 °C – 180 €
Ideal for low-temperature work or specific effects on terracotta and slips.
Glaze firing up to 1240 °C – 200 €
For stoneware or porcelain pieces, with the possibility of experimenting with unique variations and reactions provided by the gas kiln.
Firings are scheduled by appointment and subject to prior approval of the pieces.
Rua da Alegria, 246, Porto
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