Teachers of the International Summer Academy 2018 in conversation
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Published: 19.06.2018

For the fourth-time Campus Idar-Oberstein opens its workshops during the International Summer Academy to jewellery designers and students from all over the world. These summer courses are also held in the historical industrial monument Jakob Bengel as well as in the stone cutting workshop of the vocational school in Idar-Oberstein. In nine different workshops, instructed by renowned artists, participants will be able to discover new artistic horizons and techniques to be implemented those into their own artistic practice.
The Summer Academy talked with the workshop instructors from Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany and Spain about the possibilities and contents of their very unique workshops.
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