Join marina on the beautiful island of Aegina, Greece to explore your creativity through clay and play.

All you need to bring with you is your curiosity, an open mind & heart. A swim suit and walking shoes too!

And so that you know, no previous experience is needed.

Groups are intentionally small: we usually run our retreats with anything between 1 to 6 participants. In this way, workshops remain intimate and everyone gets full attention. We have created a safe and supportive space where you can freely explore and experiment, make mistakes and learn without fear of judgement. We ask you to respect and honour this space so that each one's expression and creativity can be met. You will have full access to our equipped ceramics studio, where inspiration flows and imagination is encouraged.

The workshop is hands on: we start by exploring Aegina and its local clays. We visit two of the areas where traditional potters used to pick their clay from, as well as explore nature and pick elements to inspire our work. The rest of the week we work in the studio, prepare the wild clay and get our hands dirty. We continue our exploration using studio clays, and play with them through a series of exercises to familiarise ourselves with their various qualities. All throughout, marina will talk to you about the properties and varieties of clays, the basics on slips and glazes if necessary, offering a foundation for experimentation and giving space for unexpected discoveries to appear while creating pieces free from judgement. The basic aim is to dive into the creative process with clay as our medium.

Days are full: we start between 9:30 and 10 am with a 3-4 hour session.

After our lunch break, we have another 3 hour session. Once the kiln is on we visit the Archaeological Museum and more of the island, and you get some free time.

"Working with clay is a meditative activity, and it is with this meditative approach that I will guide you, whether you are new, or not, to clay. I will show you how to listen to clay, to what is happening right here and now as we hold it in our hand, as we shape it, as we look at our pieces in the making. The possibilities are many: it is a question of an open and honest dialogue between you and the clay, what you want to create, what it allows you to do. It requires our full presence and conscious awareness. The dialogue continues until we have found harmony rather than perfection - the balance that makes everything look just right."