DIFFERENT
BUT EQUAL IN EUROPE
(DIFFEQUAL)
PROIECT
MULTILATERAL COMENIUS
2012 – 2014
WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES
"Voievodul Mircea " High School in partnership
with the Centre for Experimental Archeology and Valachia University
For the last 4 weeks, pupils have had the
chance to make their own artefacts and pottery out of clay. Under the guidance of university teacher Mr.
Florin Dumitru we modeled our own statues by using only water and clay while
paying attention to the littlest detail. The next step was to polish them using
bones and other sharp objects and to paint them. While doing this we used only
raw material available to prehistoric people, trying to capture the sense of
the time.
Moreover, after our artefacts were burnt in
special ovens, we also had a go at reconditioning as, sadly, most of them cracked
in the process. To do this, we used a special glue, plaster and water and, by
the end, we proudly managed to mend our objects and show them to our teachers
and families.
As we found the reconditioning process very
exciting, our plan is to attend a future workshop at the National History
Museum in Targoviste to learn from pros the secrets of reconditioning items so
valuable for our people’s identity and culture.
All activities included in the project are meant to enrich the sensory,
tactile and olfactory universe of children brought up in urban areas which
leads to a better understanding of the natural world.
We kindly
thank Florin for all his enthusiasm and
knowledge that he shared with us for the last weeks! All pupils enjoyed working
side by side under your guidance!
