Sculpture and Ceramics
The Sculpture and Ceramics Department at LdM aims to engage students through critical analysis of the creative process while they build an artistic personality. We want students to have a solid technical and academic foundation as they embark on an experimental path of personal discovery, establishing their voices as artists to create a meaningful body of work.
The Department consists of dedicated faculty who are respected artists in their field, who encourage students to develop ideas through conceptual reasoning and problem solving within an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. The varied curriculum offers students the opportunity to discover the potential of different mediums such as ceramics, marble, and terracotta, while gradually learning higher-level techniques which they apply to sculpture, design and artistic craft.
From the first phases of learning the foundations, students begin to model earthenware and apply finishing techniques, and then move on to more complex projects applying glazing techniques. As they delve further into the artistic practice of sculpture, they start on more ambitious constructions such as abstract forms, and human clay figures using live models and works of art in the museums of Florence as a point of study. In advanced sculpture, students learn the basics of marble and alabaster sculpture. First, students develop skills using chisels, hammers, and finishing tools. After gaining some basic understanding of working the material by hand, students use air tools to create their works.
At the LdM Sculpture and Ceramics Department, the techniques for shaping and modeling stone and marble have a key role in the academic program. Tuscany has always been an important reference point for marble processing with its famous quarries, where world-renowned masterpieces had their beginnings. LdM is in the unique position to offer the study of traditional techniques in marble and stone working as an integral part of the Department. An important element in the study of alabaster and stone processing are the curricular field trips to the town of Pietrasanta, an internationally renowned center in the field of stone sculpture known for its marble and bronze workshops. The Tuscan town is the chosen home by various contemporary artists. Students can draw inspiration from the exhibited works while establishing a connection with artists who work with various mediums, blending artistic heritage perfectly with contemporary creativity and tradition.
All Sculpture and Ceramics students at LdM have the opportunity to work in a fully equipped studio with state-of-the-art machinery such as kilns, potter’s wheels, sculpture tools, and a pug mill.
Those who study ceramics and sculpture go on to exhibit professionally, pursue a career in the arts with their own studio or work in larger studios on collaborative projects.
Certificates available at LdM:
The Sculpture and Ceramics Department at LdM aims to engage students through critical analysis of the creative process while they build an artistic personality. We want students to have a solid technical and academic foundation as they embark on an experimental path of personal discovery, establishing their voices as artists to create a meaningful body of work.
The Department consists of dedicated faculty who are respected artists in their field, who encourage students to develop ideas through conceptual reasoning and problem solving within an interdisciplinary and collaborative environment. The varied curriculum offers students the opportunity to discover the potential of different mediums such as ceramics, marble, and terracotta, while gradually learning higher-level techniques which they apply to sculpture, design and artistic craft.
From the first phases of learning the foundations, students begin to model earthenware and apply finishing techniques, and then move on to more complex projects applying glazing techniques. As they delve further into the artistic practice of sculpture, they start on more ambitious constructions such as abstract forms, and human clay figures using live models and works of art in the museums of Florence as a point of study. In advanced sculpture, students learn the basics of marble and alabaster sculpture. First, students develop skills using chisels, hammers, and finishing tools. After gaining some basic understanding of working the material by hand, students use air tools to create their works.
At the LdM Sculpture and Ceramics Department, the techniques for shaping and modeling stone and marble have a key role in the academic program. Tuscany has always been an important reference point for marble processing with its famous quarries, where world-renowned masterpieces had their beginnings. LdM is in the unique position to offer the study of traditional techniques in marble and stone working as an integral part of the Department. An important element in the study of alabaster and stone processing are the curricular field trips to the town of Pietrasanta, an internationally renowned center in the field of stone sculpture known for its marble and bronze workshops. The Tuscan town is the chosen home by various contemporary artists. Students can draw inspiration from the exhibited works while establishing a connection with artists who work with various mediums, blending artistic heritage perfectly with contemporary creativity and tradition.
All Sculpture and Ceramics students at LdM have the opportunity to work in a fully equipped studio with state-of-the-art machinery such as kilns, potter’s wheels, sculpture tools, and a pug mill.
Those who study ceramics and sculpture go on to exhibit professionally, pursue a career in the arts with their own studio or work in larger studios on collaborative projects.
Certificates available at LdM: