Workshops
PAPER MARBLING
Let’s try making sheets of paper with a very special painting! The art of marbling paper is based on a traditional technique of decorating paper of Turkish origin which consists of floating the inks in a liquid, transferring them to the sheets of paper. You choose the colors and mix them with a stick. With the various movements you create very special designs! It’s a lot of fun, because every leaf you make is different! It’s always a surprise! Then at home, you can use the sheets to line notebooks, boxes or other objects.
Price – € 50.00
LEATHER ENGRAVING
In the museum, there are many other objects, books. They are old books, bound with goatskin and decorated with hot engraved motifs, with their own irons. After observing these beautiful bindings, we will try, with the help of a Master, to use this technique. For this we will make a bookmark in leather, with engraved decoration. We can choose from countless motives for wheels and loose irons! Finally, we will personalize the work by recording our initials.
Price – € 50.00
TILE PAINTING
There are many tiles in the Museum! Some form panels that represent scenes from a story, others have only a small element in the center. These are called “single figure tiles”.
We will visit the Museum paying special attention to the tiles and then choose a “loose figure” motif to paint. Let’s try, with the help of a Master, this painting technique that has its secrets and … then wait for the final result! How will the colors look after cooking?
Price – € 50.00
GILDING
We have a small wooden object. A box, a mirror frame, or other … But let’s make it a different piece, a yellow and shiny piece. We are going to gild our object by covering it with imitation gold leaves. Before this operation, the wood was treated and prepared to receive this golden coating. With the help of a master, we will carefully apply the gold leaves on the wood. It is not easy to handle such a fragile material … but it is fun.
Price – € 50.00
WOODWORKING / JOINERY
Using various bits and pieces of wood used for Joinery and Inlaying, we will create a new piece. We have to do it carefully to find out how our object is built. We do not use nails, but fittings. It is not easy, so we need the help of a Master!
Price – € 50.00
WOODWORKING / INLAYS
A small wooden object can be much more beautiful if we decorate it with bits of other wood or other materials used in the Workshops. Let’s use our hands and imagination!
Price – € 50.00
From Monday to Friday, morning or afternoon, by appointment.
The price of these workshops can include a guided tour of the Museum and / or the Workshops, if the teachers request it.
Contacts for information and appointments:
Tel: 21 881 46 00/21 881 46 39
museum@fress.pt – comercial@fress.pt