Florence Arts and Crafts

Fresco Workshop at Palazzo Vecchio

Learn about this incredible art technique! Bring home your own fresco! You will see a demonstration of how the materials and pigments are prepared and then proceed to carry out a small fresco yourself, starting with a terracotta base.

PRIVATE PAINTING FRESCO WORKSHOP

Once of a life time experience. Learn the ancient techniques of FRESCOS while you prepare your own! The artisans of a professional bottega in Florence will teach you how to make a FRESCO during a 2 half day stage.

CREATING A LEATHER BOOK COVER

The Half­Day Course begins with an introduction to Scuola del Cuoio and a short lecture about the materials used in creating
leather products.

CREATING A POUCHSTYLE HANDBAG OR A LEATHER FRAME

In a Full­Day Course participants receive an introduction to Scuola del Cuoio and a short lecture about the materials used in creating leather
products.

Florence Leather Workshops

During a week course (approximately 30 hours), students are given an introduction to Scuola del Cuoio, receive a short lecture about the materials used in creating leather products and witness a demonstration of gold­gilding.

COURSE IN FLORENTINE EMBROIDERY

Discover a fascinating antique art that is still conserved intact. Enjoy the magic of creating stitch after stitch, all that imagination can provide through embroidery. Class takes place in Montepulciano.