Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles
Preparation for the Techniques
A course by Gazete Azulejos , Portuguese Tile Atelier
About the video: Preparation for the Techniques
Overview
“In this lesson, we will teach you how to prepare the mold for cutting the clay to size with the help of the clay shrinkage calculation. We will teach you how to make pattern stencils for painting your tiles with the two traditional techniques. ”
In this video lesson Gazete Azulejos addresses the topic: Preparation for the Techniques, which is part of the Domestika online course: Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles. Learn how to make vibrant, handmade tiles by exploring clay modelling and traditional painting techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparation for the Techniques In this lesson you'll learn how to make the mold to cut the tiles to prepare the acetate stencils, and all the necessary material to paint freehand. Let's start by preparing the mold to cut the tiles to size. We will work with 14-centimeter tiles, that's the most common size in Portuguese facade tiles. In our case, we are going to use earthenware that has a shrinkage percentage of 5%. We make the calculation as follows. We are going to work with 14-centimeter tiles, that is 100%, then, to calculate what size the tile will shrink, we calculate 14, the desired s...”
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Course summary for: Design and Create Portuguese Ceramic Tiles
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Category
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Ceramics, Decoration, Decorative Painting, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Interior Design
Gazete Azulejos
A course by Gazete Azulejos
Marisa Ferreira is a multidisciplinary artist from Portugal, and Alba Plaza is a graphic designer from Spain. After meeting in Porto and realizing that the city’s traditional tiles were being destroyed due to reconstruction work, the pair set out to protect them, creating their tile atelier Gazete Azulejos in the process.
Gazete Azulejo’s mission is to research, promote, and preserve the emblematic Portuguese tiles. They catalog and recreate traditional tiles to prevent them from being replaced with industrial, uni-color tiles when buildings are restored. They also run workshops that teach others how to create these colorful ceramic tiles.
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