Workshops
Providing Everything You Need
Comprehensive workshops focused on creativity through ceramics, painting and creative writing among other crafts.
Each session includes brief lectures and a dedicated studio space, fully equipped for painting and ceramics, allowing participants to immerse themselves in learning while experimenting with clay or colour throughout the day.
Our studio spans on two levels of 120 m2 each: it features a ceramics studio on the top level and a painting and crafting studio on the bottom level. Both spaces are large and pleasant and beaming with natural light. The bottom level opens up to a spacious, south facing courtyard adjacent to pistachio fields, featuring a beautiful yurt, 6m in diameter and 3m in height, which offers additional workspace or a relaxation corner.
While the studio is close to a road, which may occasionally contribute to some noise, it remains easily accessible from the port of Aegina, a mere 10mins walk from town, and can be conveniently reached by foot, bicycle, moped or car.
All skill levels are welcome.
Creative writing & Ceramics Workshop
Beyond the Intellect
Shape & Decorate Workshop
Vedic Art - Foundation Course
Natural fabric dyeing & batik
Voice & Clay exploration
At Aegina retreats we offer a series of workshops you can choose from.
There are three ways to book workshops:
Workshops alone without accommodation.
Workshop and accommodation at The Grapevine House.
Workshop and accommodation plus Breakfast & Lunch at The Grapevine house, which means you are booking a Retreat.
Workshops, unless otherwise stated, run for 7 days from Saturday to Saturday at The Cool Projects Studio.
Main Language is English, additional languages are Greek and French. Some of our workshops are also available in French, Dutch & Swedish.
Painting
1. Beyond the intellect into flowing creativity through painting. Also available as a Retreat.
“One way ticket to flowing creativity”
Come join Yanis on the island of Aegina, Greece, in this unique opportunity to explore your creative potential through painting.
This 6 day workshop is open to everyone above 18 years old. No previous experience, knowledge or skill is necessary except the desire to be creative and paint.
The workshop is limited to a small group of 1-6 participants at a time. It takes place in a bubble of safety and security within which we are free to express, learn and make all the mistakes we want. The bubble serves as an invisible protective layer keeping all kinds of judgement out while creating the necessary conditions for creativity to flow freely and unperturbed.
During the week, you will be guided through theory sessions and practice on painting and how to access your creativity, keep it flowing and expand it. Theory sessions usually take place between 10:00 to 14:00. The rest of the time you are free to use as you like. The studio is available for practice 24/7.
One day will be dedicated to exploring the island: we will take a road trip to draw inspiration and connect with nature.
This workshop will take you through the creative process and how to access it with your painting. We will explore our basic tools for painting, different techniques and materials.
This workshop is open to everyone who likes painting, weather beginner or artist, to those who maybe used to paint or want to try but for various reasons they don’t, to artists who want to work on their own projects with another approach or at a new place,
To all of you who paint regularly for pleasure but feel stuck or blocked or curious or looking for something more.
2. Vedic Art Workshop. Also available as a Retreat
Vedic Art is a method created by Swedish artist Curt Kallman in 1988 and it has been taught since then in Oland Sweden by Johannes Kallman. It is a method that combines principles of art with the secret Vedic scriptures as they were passed to Curt Kallman by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It offers an immersive experience with deep connection to art and life, and can be carried out only by certified teachers.
If this is your first time with Vedic Art you must take the basic level Foundation before you can take any of the other workshops. If you are experienced with Vedic art we offer more in depth Continuation, Sculpture & Special courses at Vedic Art Greece.
Clay
1. Creative flow with clay. Also available as a Retreat
In our creative flow workshops we give more emphasis and importance to the process of creativitry than the result. We provide a space-time bubble for a week, offering each participant a dedicated space in our fully equipped studio, so that you can both work and relax. We explore clay as well as the creative process, working on creating and establishing a constructive dialogue. We also examine some basic techniques to help you in the process. Each workshop is different as it is interactive to a certain extent and is aimed to reconnect us with our creativity through
2. Shape & Decorate Ceramics workshop. Also available as a Retreat
You will be taken step by step through the process of creating black pinch pot cups & bowls, guided by marina, in the fully equipped ceramics studio of The Cool Projects.
Enjoy a creative writing workshop combined with ceramics. Endless possibilities to explore and be creative while enjoying expert advice and a walks around the island.
4. Voice and Ceramics. Also available as a Retreat
Enter the wonderful world of overtone singing combined with ceramics, explore the possible ways you can combine the two or use them on their own to create your own experience.
Crafts
Guided by talented crafters you will be introduced to all the secrete of natural dyeing fabrics, best practices, materials and processes. Working with natural dyes although fantastic can be very challenging. Get access to all the secrets of this wonderful process.
2. Olive oil Soap Making. Also available as a Retreat
Olive oil soap making has been a passion of ours since for the last 10years we have created and distributed through out Europe our favourite brands Cool Soap & Mood of the day.
Learn from the experienced soap makers all the secrets of this beautiful method which is very similar to cooking. You will learn all the basics of soap making both bars and liquid soap. You will also be producing your own soaps both bars and liquid to take home with you. It is a really enjoyable process, easy to learn and fun to carry out. Imagine how much less packaging we would use, if all of us made our own natural soap in our kitchen.
This is not a soap making workshop only: it is a way of promoting a more sustainable way of living while at the same time saying NO to all the chemicals of the cosmetics industry.
