Ceramic Workshop at Horse Riding School and Nature Center

This workshop ran for a few days, though the participants, divided into groups of around 15 children, stayed with me just for 45 minutes before moving on to another activity. The children, 3 to 8 years old, were on school day trips. This was a very intense, fun and refreshing experience. The ceramic workshop was designed as another activity part of a circuit, there were 5 different activities for the children to experience. The ceramic workshop was inspired by this greek terracotta horse from the 5th century:

My aim was for the children to try some basic ceramic techniques like coiling, pinching... I wanted them to have fun and to create something related to the other activities on offer, all conected to horses, horse riding and life in a farm. The activity and the outcome had to be something that even a 3 years old could do with some help. Children could add, if they wanted to,a rider or other things to the horse and let their imagination run free...and they did. All in all it was a very good expereince. I was not alone with the children, Maria one of the owners of the riding school, helped me with the children. It was really nice and easy to work with her