Jan 30th - Feb 19th 2023
Booking Deadline - 31st Aug 2022
First come first serve basis
Phoenix Potteries
Auroville,
India
£2100 per person
(£100 a day for 21 days)
Min 8- Max 12 People
For further information or bookings regarding this Residential Anagama Workshop please contact me and I will be happy to answer any questions.
Born and brought up in New Delhi, Indrani Singh Cassime made Pondicherry / Auroville her home for almost 2 decades. She has been working in Ceramics since the past 22 years. She works mainly in organic and strong forms. She is in the forefront of Anagama firing in Indian Ceramics. After building her own Anagama Kiln, she holds workshops to share her firing techniques at her studio Phoenix Potteries, Auroville – Pondicherry. She has participated in various National and International shows, workshops and symposiums held in India, UK, Italy, Croatia, Japan & China.
The below-listed tentative itinerary is also open for any suggestions once we have interest to enroll. Potters should be of an intermediate to advanced standard (should have some pottery experience and sell commercially or pieces accepted in pottery shows)
Tourist Visa, Flight costs & transportation costs to the location are NOT included in the above costing. Ideally, if the group can travel together it will be a lot easier to manage logistics. The airport to reach is Chennai, India. The hiring of tempo travelers/minivans with drivers is not an issue for transportation and these costs can be shared amongst all of us. This can be looked into at a later date. If an invitation letter is needed to get a tourist visa for India, kindly let me know and this can be arranged from Phoenix potteries.
The Indian government has an online portal called ‘Air Suvidha’ or the passenger locator form. This should be filled in 24~48hrs before travel. At least 2 printed copies should be carried with you.
The weather end of Jan should be about 22~25oC and with about 75% humidity.
Kindly make sure you bring in any prescription medicines and there are nearby GPs and hospitals for emergencies and lots of pharmacies to get medication as well.
All potters should have had their Covid vaccinations & boosters. If there are potters who are against the vaccine then a negative RT-PCR test 72 hrs prior to travel is required. 2 printed copies are to be carried as well. You can download your details through the NHS app on your smartphone as well.
Complete all work and keep them to dry. Each potter can make up to 10 pieces with the largest being 18~20’’ in height. You can bring in 3 bisque ware pieces from your studio in UK as well to see how it would fare in anagama wood firing. The clay should withstand 1300 degrees C temperatures.
Drying days and final touch ups. During these days, if the group is interested to see close by places for sightseeing and architecture it can be arranged at an extra cost.
Exhibition / sales of the works in the Studio gallery. Pieces can be also kept by the potters for them to take back. If the group is ok, 10% of the sales proceedings can also be given to support local potters
Born and brought up in New Delhi, Indrani Singh Cassime made Pondicherry / Auroville her home for almost 2 decades. She has been working in Ceramics for the past 22 years. She works mainly in organic and strong forms. She is at the forefront of Anagama firing in Indian Ceramics. After building her own Anagama Kiln, she holds workshops to share her firing techniques at her studio Phoenix Potteries, Auroville – Pondicherry. She has participated in various National and International shows, workshops, and symposiums held in India, the UK, Italy, Croatia, Japan & China.
Born and brought up in New Delhi, Indrani Singh Cassime made Pondicherry / Auroville her home for almost 2 decades. She has been working in Ceramics for the past 22 years. She works mainly in organic and strong forms. She is at the forefront of Anagama firing in Indian Ceramics. After building her own Anagama Kiln, she holds workshops to share her firing techniques at her studio Phoenix Potteries, Auroville – Pondicherry. She has participated in various National and International shows, workshops, and symposiums held in India, the UK, Italy, Croatia, Japan & China.
