Last week, PALIMPSEST participated in the Firing of the student’s designs for the SONE zambomba at the School of Arts and Design of Jerez. First-and second-year students from the degree of ceramics fired the zambombas they had designed and crafted during the first semester of their ceramics course, taught by professors Luis Torres and Enrique Carrillo, under the premises, ideas and inspirations presented to them at the kick-off celebrated in October.
The pieces were fired using two distinctive techniques: pit-firing and raku obvara. The smoked pieces (pit-firing) were packed with plant materials from the Jerez landscape, which left their traces on the surface, while the raku obvara paste was prepared with wheat flour (from the surrounding countryside), beet sugar (from the local sugar factory) and the yeast from the sherry wine.
The event also featured an intimate zambomba session as a small launch of the activities that will revolve around the lyrics and the new elements that have emerged in the landscape of Jerez, enriched by the participation of Lucía Franco Corrales and Claudia GR Moneo and Belenish Moreno-Gil, authors of the book Lah Letrah de Nuehtra Zambomba. This festive gathering was accompanied by hot chocolate and traditional Spanish Christmas sweets, creating a warm and authentic Andalusian Christmas atmosphere.
During these two days, our artist Estelle Jullian and pilot curators Nomad Garden prepared materials sourced from vine prunings and other plants from the cultural landscape of Sherry vineyards. These materials will be used by the students in the next stage of the ceramic production process: glazing.
Check out below selective shots from the firing:
Published on: December 20, 2024
