Summary

This course is all about trying things out, playing and testing the variety of forms that are possible in sculpture. We mainly work with plaster and clay, two materials that are ideally suited for this purpose and that nature offers us. We also use pigments, stones and plant fibers. We enjoy letting nature and chance participate in our search for form. We recycle failed attempts or return them to nature.

Various methods of playful creation are introduced at the beginning. Among other things, we get to know the multi-colored stucco-marble technique and apply it ourselves in a simplified form. Over the course of the week, we will then work on our own preferences. The "results" can be independent works in plaster, clay or fired clay or serve as models for stone sculptures or bronze casts.
Those who want to start with their own project are free to do as they wish. Basically, the emphasis is more on experimentation. The "Plaster - figurative" course is better suited to classic figure modeling using the plaster construction technique.
This course is suitable for beginners and advanced students!

This course is suitable for beginners and advanced students!

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories: Creative Retreats, Sculpting, Modeling, Nanas / Objects
Date: 2025-06-15 - 2025-06-20
Language(s): Italian, German, English
Level: Beginner, Advanced
Place: Peccia, Switzerland
Accommodation: not included
Catering: No meals
Services: Our school offers optimal conditions for learning sculpture in all its forms.

All necessary tools are provided by us.

The atmosphere in the studio is ideal for getting started in artistic work.

Working together in the course groups encourages creative design.

The didactics of the Scuola di Scultura combine practical creative work with theoretical consolidation.

The atmosphere in the studio is ideal for getting started in artistic work.

Working together in the course groups encourages creative design.

The Scuola di Scultura maintains its buildings, workplaces and technical facilities to a professional standard.

Our courses are taught and supervised by highly qualified instructors.

The Scuola di Scultura maintains its buildings, workplaces and technical facilities to a professional standard.

The didactics of the Scuola di Scultura combine practical creative work with theoretical consolidation.

Accommodation

Ambience of the houses
If you rent a room in one of our course houses, you will be staying with the other participants in one of the old Ticino houses in the area. The original furnishings are charming and the atmosphere around the open fire is very cozy...
Costs:
Double room for 1 week: 200.- CHF
Single room for 1 week: 300.- CHF
Please bring your own towels, bed linen is provided.
Hotel rooms or a rustico (Ticino vacation home) can also be rented as accommodation, we will be happy to help with the arrangement!

Catering

Breakfast and lunch will be organized by the participants themselves and can be arranged freely, in the evening there will be a meal together in one of the accommodation houses in Prato Sornico.

Various chefs are happy to cook for our course participants and offer dinner in the Ex-Osteria Mignami during the week (Mon-Fri). Dinner costs CHF 25 including starter/main/dessert (drinks such as wine, beer etc.) can be purchased from them by the bottle.

sequence

Arrival: Sunday meeting point 5.15 pm, organizational matters, setting up the studio, moving into the accommodation and eating together, if desired.
Working hours: Monday to Friday: 8.30 am to 12 noon, 2 pm to 5 pm.
In addition, you can work freely.
Departure after the end of the course, possible until 10 am on Saturday.

Arrival

Arrival by public transport from Locarno SBB railroad station. Take the "Vallemaggia" bus to Bignasco, then change to the Postbus to the "Peccia Paese" stop.

By car via Gotthard (A2) / San Bernardino (A3/A13) or Chiasso (A2) / Exit: "Bellinzona Sud/Locarno" direction Locarno (main road) / Locarno tunnel / Exit: "Vallemaggia/ Centovalli / Onsernone" (DO NOT leave Locarno!) continue in the direction of Vallemaggia (from the end of the tunnel another 40 km to Peccia)

Coming from western Switzerland and Valais: Simplon route to Domodossola / Centovalli / Ponte-Brolla, then turn left into Vallemaggia (from here 35 km to Peccia)

Via Peccia di Piano 4, 6695 Peccia, Ticino, Switzerland

Cancellation policy

If you cancel up to 28 days before arrival, you will receive a 90% refund of the booking price.
After this, if you cancel up to the day of arrival, you will receive a 100% refund of the booking price.

Cancellation of course/seminar/accommodation: From registration up to 4 weeks before the start of the course/seminar, a cancellation fee of 10% will be charged for the course, seminar and accommodation. 4 weeks or less before the start of the course/seminar, a cancellation fee of 50% will be charged. If you cancel 1 week or more before the start of the course/seminar, the entire fee is due unless you provide a replacement.