The Kythira Foundation for Culture & Development (K.I.P.A.) invites you to a four-day experiential learning workshop on the topic: «Carving and Building with Stone Using Traditional Methods.». The workshop will be organized under the auspices of KIPA, in collaboration with the Portokalia Karava Association and the Karava Patrikia School. The educational institution will be the Workshop for Traditional Arts and Crafts (petrastexni.gr) and will travel to Kythira in mid-October.
The learning and practical training modules will include:
- Foundation and Layout for a Stone Wall
• Stone cutting for construction
• Building a dry-stone wall
• Building a stone wall with mortar
• Aligning a wall using a plumb line
• Use of a masonry hammer, chisel, level, and square
• Preparation of traditional mortar for building a stone wall
• Grouting a stone wall
• Restoration work on old traditional stone buildings
• Educational tours of traditional stone structures
The purpose of the workshop is to enable participants to build a stone wall using traditional methods. The goal is to learn how to approach every traditional stone structure with respect and knowledge. The workshop is open to anyone interested in learning, through hands-on practice, how to build stone structures.
The workshop instructor will be Mr. Georgios Anastasiadis, a skilled stonemason specializing in the restoration of ancient monuments and traditional stone structures. He is certified (by EOPPEP) as an adult educator with twenty years of experience in training adults and volunteer groups.
Date & Venue
Specifically, the four-day workshop will take place on October 15, 16, 17, and 18, in the outdoor courtyard of the Patrikia School of Karava (formerly the Agricultural School of Kythira), where «halastres» (ruined dry-stone walls) and stone structures with lime mortar that need repair will be used for hands-on practice.
KIPA, as the organizer of this initiative, extends an open invitation to all interested residents of the island, contact the Laboratory of Traditional Arts and Crafts directly, petrastexni.gr
email:info@petrastexni.gr Tel: 6932295862, to find out the terms of participation (tuition, schedule, etc.) and to express their interest.
With an emphasis on the foundation’s mission to promote and preserve the island’s cultural and natural heritage and traditions, We encourage young local farmers and construction professionals to contact us for more details.
