Art

Shape ceramics at the potter’s wheel

Grottaglie (TA)

Available for: Friends, couples, families Duration: 2 hours
Discover the history of Grottaglie’s pottery during your stay at Trulli Holiday's widespread hotel. Learn how to shape clay at the potter’s wheel and make your own ceramic artwork a few kilometres far from Alberobello. Artisan Antonio learnt to use the potter’s wheel as a boy directly from the old masters in Grottaglie. Today, he is one of the few in the area who knows how to use it so skilfully. To book, click on the link,taking care to **specify Accommodation Facility** to the question "How did you hear about Loliv?". So you need to write *Trulli Holiday* in the text field. BY FOLLOWING THE LINK, YOU CAN DISCOVER OTHER INTERESTING ART, NATURE OR FOOD EXPERIENCES TO COMPLETE YOUR STAY IN TRULLO. Antonio will welcome you to one of the historical ceramic workshops in Grottaglie, which has been owned by his wife’s family for several centuries. During the pottery experience, you will also admire an ancient combustion kiln, used until the 1950s to bake terracotta. All the tools and materials to make your own artwork during the ceramic workshop at the potter’s wheel.
Laboratorio di ceramica a Grottaglie
Bambini a lezione di ceramica
Manufatti di ceramica a Grottaglie
Turisti al lavoro con la ceramica
TERMS Accessible to persons with disabilities (please let us know in your request if you have special needs) Cancel up to 3 days in advance to receive a full refund Suggested age: 5+ The shipping costs of what you will have produced during the pottery experience are NOT included, in case you want to receive it at home after firing it in the artisan’s kiln (consider that freshly worked clay must be left to dry for several days and then fired so that it can be transported).
Price: 39 Euro