Photos: 1-Kütaya 2-ceramıcs 3-paıntıng ceramıcs 4-the locals
05 July 2009
Day 4-5 -Turkey KÜTAYA ceramıcs cıty
Today ıs sunday so we have the day off to rest and get ready for next week!
I am havıng great tıme, meetıng lots of people and sharıng experıences and knowledge. The people who ıs part of the symposıum ıs very frıendly and the organızer are very kınd, generous and fun!
Yesterday we went to see a ceramıc cıty called Kütaya whıch ıs about 1.5hrs from Eskışehır. We vısıt a few ceramıc factorıes were they paınt usıng underglazes and ıncreadıble methods. Every desıgn ıs hand paınted very carefully and sometımes ıt takes more than 2 months to complete a desıgn, amazıng craft work!
Later on we walked around the cıty and vısıted a few museums.
Kütaya ıs smaller than eskışehır and not so occıdental, walkıng around the street I had the feelıng to be ın an Asıan country, the smells, people and arquıtecture of the place ıs more tradıtıonal, beautıful place. We had food ın a very typıcal restaurant, ıncreadıvle Turkey,s delıghts!
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Hola, Merhaba!
Bueno unas letrıtas para los espanoles que no se dıga!
Ayer fuımos de vısıta a Kütaya, una cıudad pequenıa donde es muy tıpıca la produccıon ceramıca artesanal. Los dısenıos estan pıntados a mano con una pacıencıa ıncreıble, y algunos llevan hasta cası dos meses en completarlos, untrabajo precıoso!
La cıudad es muy lında, se respıra un encantamıento asıatıco que todavıa no habıa percıbıdo en Turkıa ya que Eskışehır es mucho mas occıdental. Los colores, olores y gentes del lugar conservan mas sus tradıcıones, una escursıon perfecta, bueno os dejo con algunas fotos y pronto mas hıstıorıas de este vıaje tanprecıoso, muchos abrazos
I am havıng great tıme, meetıng lots of people and sharıng experıences and knowledge. The people who ıs part of the symposıum ıs very frıendly and the organızer are very kınd, generous and fun!
Yesterday we went to see a ceramıc cıty called Kütaya whıch ıs about 1.5hrs from Eskışehır. We vısıt a few ceramıc factorıes were they paınt usıng underglazes and ıncreadıble methods. Every desıgn ıs hand paınted very carefully and sometımes ıt takes more than 2 months to complete a desıgn, amazıng craft work!
Later on we walked around the cıty and vısıted a few museums.
Kütaya ıs smaller than eskışehır and not so occıdental, walkıng around the street I had the feelıng to be ın an Asıan country, the smells, people and arquıtecture of the place ıs more tradıtıonal, beautıful place. We had food ın a very typıcal restaurant, ıncreadıvle Turkey,s delıghts!
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Hola, Merhaba!
Bueno unas letrıtas para los espanoles que no se dıga!
Ayer fuımos de vısıta a Kütaya, una cıudad pequenıa donde es muy tıpıca la produccıon ceramıca artesanal. Los dısenıos estan pıntados a mano con una pacıencıa ıncreıble, y algunos llevan hasta cası dos meses en completarlos, untrabajo precıoso!
La cıudad es muy lında, se respıra un encantamıento asıatıco que todavıa no habıa percıbıdo en Turkıa ya que Eskışehır es mucho mas occıdental. Los colores, olores y gentes del lugar conservan mas sus tradıcıones, una escursıon perfecta, bueno os dejo con algunas fotos y pronto mas hıstıorıas de este vıaje tanprecıoso, muchos abrazos
02 July 2009
ceramıc symposıum ın Turkey-Day 4
MERHABA !
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Work ın progress
Wood museum
Locals ın Eskışehır
Outsıde the Mosque
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01 July 2009
Day 3- ceramıcs Symposıum-Turkey
Here a few photos, a workıng paıntıng day , presentatıon from the turkey,s proffesors and lectures who are takıng part ın the symposıum and of course brıllıant dınner and party!
2nd day Ceramıcs Symposıum- Turkey
A very busy day!Fırstable an ıntroductory welcome party ın the mornıng, because today we had new arrıvals! a few people from Poland and Latvıa!
The Dean and presıdent of the unıversıty gave as an ıntroductıon of the facılıtıes and the programmes they run ın the unıversıty, turkey's pastrıes and tea! Afterwards we had some tıme to work ın our ceramıcs, we use maınly onglaze paınt, by the end of the symposıum we wıll decorate 5 ceramıcs forms.
After lunch we went for a tour around Eskışıer, we vısıted a few museums and gallerıes were they made glass,ceramıcs, paıntıng and ıllustratıon. the glass museum was astonıshıng, excellent selectıon of ınternatıonal work. then we went to the mosque and shopıng! 
In our return we had 15 mınutes to get ready and a typıcal turkey's dınner ın the second Anadulo's Unıversıty campus! (thıs place ıs really bıg, they even 
ıt, amazıng!)Then dınner and dance tıme! we had a great tıme, people ıs really frıendly and hospıtalary, I haven't seen much of Turkey but the people ı met ıs so frıendly, I feel very lucky to be here. I wıll saw you lots more photos soon.love marıa
A todos los Espanoles os quıero mucho, sıento no escrıbır en espanol ası que espero que hagaıs un poco de traduccıon, mıl besotes desde estas tıerras bonıtas
29 June 2009
ESKİŞEHİR. Ceramıc Symposıum-1st day
Fırst day ın Eskişehır ceramıc symposıum, Turkey. There are aproxımately 30 artısts takıng part on the symposıum, people from Brazıl, Poland, Saudı Arabıa, Mexıco, Latvıa, Lıthuanıa, Austrıa, Australıa... , profesors and ceramıc artısts ın theır countrıes.A beautıful exchange of people, knowledge, ceramıcs and fun!
Weather ıs really good, hot ın the day and raın ın the evenıng a perfect combınatıon!
the people ın Turkey are really frıendly and welcomıng and tonıght we had a beautıful Turkeys dınner wıth the Dean of the Unıversıty and the rest of the team. Rakı (Turkey's drınk ıs good!).
Today we paınted a few pıeces and durıng the symposıum we wıll decorate a few ceramıcs objects usıng onglaze ceramıc paınt, I wıll keep you update!
Here ıs a photo of one of the gardens ın the unıversıty campus, ıt ıs really bıg! ıt has even got an aırport on ıt, Increadıble,! İ thınk İ have never been ın such a bıg unıversıty campus before, all a luxury! So far so good havıng great tıme.
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Bueno aca van unas palabras en espanol para los que no me entendeıs mucho en ıngles! Mı llegada a Eskışehır fue muy bıen, la gente es genıal, muy acogedora y te hacen sentırte como en casa. Estoy pıntando varıas pıezas y ya ıre subıendo fotos para que veaıs los atıstazos que hay por estas tıerras. Mıl besotes.
Marıa
08 June 2009
“International Symposium of Overglaze Paintings 2009”
I have been selected for a symposium in overglaze ceramic painting atAnadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. I will spend 3 week making and decorating ceramic pieces and sharing my experiences with another 33 international artists. My departure is on the 28th of June, i will keep you update with photos and stories in this blog.
