The Course.
Citadel is a beautiful town in the area of \u200b\u200bPadua, from there, now, you're on the border with the province of Vicenza. Brenta pass those parts, which sometimes looks threatening for possible floods.
crossing the Brenta, or if you're in Pozzoleone steps Tezze sul Brenta, crossed the bridge over the river, here in Friola.
It 's a little village and laborious Friola clean, neat square from the church with the bell tower and the adjoining sports field, full of many small industries: from the excavation of gravel and sand, to that of preprocessed timber for construction, that the cultivation of garden plants and culture for the garden ... up to the ceramics, Ceramics Vicentina. This is a factory not severe, but has a long history, dating back to 1915. He was first in the city of Vicenza, but it was necessary to move the city agglomeration in 2009. So it was that the managers moved the factory to Friola declining to be a large structure, but retaining all the skills, secrets and allying the Ceramic Cecchetto of Nine.
There, Saturday, March 5th I attended a basic course for ceramics. Mr. Roberto, specializing in the field has taught the small group of four people for five hours of instruction and practice. It was an interesting experience.
We have learned that there are different qualities of clay, use it, the its preparation and handling, its cooking, the result called biscuit, biscuit with the color of all other lines of operational behavior requires that such activities. A beautiful apron, white with the words Ceramica Vicentina, some biscuits and one kilogram of crystal polished were the tribute that I remained as a reminder, along with a certificate of participation in the basic course. I bought a very interesting book: "Art and technique of ceramics."
Saturday, March 12th I will be attending the second course on the decoration of ceramics.
But why this interest ...? Co
the help of the Italian Caritas we bought a clay oven and we set up a studio activity practices including even modeling clay. This we do for the poor children of our neighborhood where we work Bacau in Romania. E 'activity' that seeks to form the taste for beauty and to build capacity crative, giving way to small disadvantaged and discover talents and to recover possiilità leisure, employment and hobbies for the future.
is part of a training and support that includes many other activities and learning and that will enrich the lines of development of our Salesian house in Romania on behalf of youth.
Who knows, let me dream ... it may be that arise from this small beginning a school itself, a significant studio, an offer humble and simple products for friends, guests, visitors to the home, e. .. why not? shop with a small yield for the home, for the poor ... Dreams?!
