Summary

Stone carving is a seemingly primeval activity and with patience and imagination we can develop a new form. In the two-week beginners' courses, you can really immerse yourself in the "Stone Age".
These courses for beginners are also suitable for advanced students who want to realize their own creative ideas with our individual guidance!

The first encounter with stone, marble, is a great experience! In this course, we give you plenty of scope for your creative ideas and gradually teach you how to work with the material, the tools and various techniques. The joy of working with marble will soon become apparent once you understand how it reacts and reacts to you. The primal sound of hammer and chisel resounds across the workshop: a dialog is created. At the end of the two weeks, independent forms, sculptures and objects present themselves, as individual as their creators.
Information about this sculpture course:

If you choose this workshop, it can be an advantage if you think in advance about the idea you want to realize. Drawings and models are a help; bear in mind that stone is a compact material and does not allow every shape, try to think "stone-wise".

What you should bring with you: Headgear, personal protective goggles and sunglasses, work gloves and clothes, good shoes, wrist support bandages and rain protection.

The retreat at a glance

The most important facts in a nutshell:

Categories: Sculpting, Creative Retreats
Date: Jul | Aug | Sep
Language(s): German, English
Level: Beginner
Place: Peccia, Switzerland
Accommodation: not included
Catering: No meals
Services: Our school offers optimal conditions for learning sculpture in all its forms.

Our courses are taught and supervised by highly qualified instructors.

The atmosphere at the Werkplatz is ideal for getting to grips with 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.

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

All necessary tools are provided by us.

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 2 weeks: 400.- CHF
Single room for 2 weeks: 600.- 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 you arrange this!

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 course/dessert (drinks such as wine, beer etc.) can be purchased from them by the bottle.

sequence

Arrival: Sunday meeting point 5.15 p.m., organizational matters, presentation of the projects, 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 is by car or public transport.

Arrival by car via Gotthard (A2) / San Bernardino (A3 / A13) or Chiasso (A2) / exit "Bellinzona Sud/Locarno" direction Locarno (main road) / tunnel Locarno / exit "Vallemaggia/Centovalli/Onsernone" (DO NOT leave Locarno!) continue direction Vallemaggia (from the end of the tunnel 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)

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

Arrival in Peccia: Turn left towards Piano di Peccia, after 30 meters there is a bridge over the river, here you can park your car on the left. The sculpture school is located directly on the river opposite the former stone processing company Cristallina S.A.

Via al Piano di Peccia , 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.