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Sylph Baier Ceramics

Sylph Baier runs residential pottery courses and has a holiday let (gite) in the Dordogne, France

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Hand Building & Smoke Firing with Frances Marr June 2017

What a fabulous week it was! The extraordinary exercise of developing hand building skills with Frances’s dedicated teaching, by which the stretching of time occurred. 

Slowing right down to the process meant that a productive and well-structured week emerged. 

The body of work at the end was beautiful, enriching and rewarding. With Spirit, Body and Soul nurtured, the time spent, got embodied in timeless vessels to bridge what can pass, the essence of ones doing to be still present, when all else has gone. 

Frances Marr’s skill of knowing how to pack and entrust the pots to the fire and let the gods do their magic, brought 100% success rate in the firing.

 

We had perfect working conditions, sitting on the tranquil terrace of the outdoor workshop, sheltered from the heat and sun, riding the wave of a gentle breeze and the rustling of the leaves through the popular trees, being connected to nature and suspended in time.


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Volunteering

Would you like to stay at this beautiful permaculture small holding for free in exchange for some volunteering work?

We can accommodate up to two volunteers at a time (couples, retired people, travellers, students and digital nomads). We ask for 4-5 hours work per day, Monday to Friday, with the preparation of evening meals being a shared event.
If you are nature lovers, sociable, positive, motivated, interested in organic gardening and enjoy being away from it all - you are welcome!
You would be involved in general ground and garden-work in the vegetable and fruit gardens, paddocks and woodlands and caring for our animals.  Some experience is useful but training can be given for keen visitors who would like to learn about permaculture and organic gardening practices.
In addition to environmental work, you can also be involved with housekeeping, maintenance and renovation from electrical work, plumbing, carpentry to general building and fencing.
We especially need people in the autumn for apple picking and processing, foraging, herb drying and canning and jam making.

Minimum stay is 2 weeks
though longer stays are possible.
The accommodation is comfortable.

 
We have bikes for you to explore locally. For people who come with their own transport there is much to be explored in the Dordogne.
We can accommodate vegetarian and vegan diets but prefer someone who is happy to eat what we grow here and forage or source locally! We would also prefer you to be non-smokers and if drinkers, moderate drinkers please!
  If you are interested please apply by emailing info@sylphbaierceramics.com giving brief details about yourself and what volunteering work you would be interested in doing. Also please supply contact details of two referees.

 

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