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This December cover is a special one, a contemporary scene designed expressly for The Florentine by Fiesole-born etcher Andrea Ricceri. Ricceri lives and works in Florence—he has created more than 100 plates with a focus on historic scenes and city views. While he does the drawing,
Photos by Lucio Patone / Sowire Photography Firenze For Yan Blusseau and many of the faces of Finestra con vista, a movement that brought street art further into the limelight earlier this autumn, much of Florence’s beauty lies in its untapped potential. Blusseau, an art critic and a
Though Florence's artistic heritage is celebrated every day, the many contemporary creatives living and working in the city often slip under the radar. Pop Up Florence aims to change this: from May 9 through 11, the event will shine a light on the exciting, innovative developments in Florence's
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From May 15 to 18, Florence’s foremost arts and crafts festival, Artigianato e Palazzo, will celebrate its 20th anniversary in the Corsini gardens. Embracing the future, the festival has launched a contest entitled Blogs & Crafts: Young Craftspeople and the Web, encouraging young artisans under the age of
It was love at first sight for Cristina Antonia De Chagas Borges when she arrived in Florence in 2001. The Brazilian candle designer has lived here ever since, opening a workshop in Malmantile in Lastra a Signa. As a child, De Chagas Borges recalls a large, turquoise door, leading
Even as a child, Paris-born artist Cristophe Quarena would build huts from branches he collected in the countryside. That love of design stayed with him, and he now employs age-old artistry with a contemporary eye when creating his unique wooden pieces. After an apprenticeship as cabinetmaker and
A graduate of Camberwell College of Arts in London, Beatrice Cuniberti began her successful career in paper restoration as an apprentice at the British Museum and the Tate Gallery. She moved to Florence to restore and preserve documents, books, antique drawings and etchings at the National Library. Churches, monasteries,
In 2002, Irma Schwegler, a young Swiss tailor trained in textiles and tailoring in Switzerland, France, England and Italy, decided to open an atelier in Florence. She specializes in made-to-measure clothing for men and women using the finest hand-woven materials from linen to wool, hemp to cotton,
How Flora Frroku managed to set up her own made-to-measure shirts business after fleeing her native Albania is an incredible story and a testament to her will to succeed. In via Cairoli 24r, Florence, the workshop Flo and Flo has been turning out tailored shirts for men,
When Susan Leyland was just four years old, her grandfather, a veterinarian and horse breeder, gave her her first pony. From that moment on, horse riding became one of her greatest passions. In 1973 Leyland came to Florence from Cambridge, England. Five years later she moved to the Florentine
Among the many participants in the 19th Artigianato e Palazzo is a French artisan Georgine Glaenzer who makes very special hats. She calls herself the ‘creator of millinery sculptures’ will present her extravagant hats for the first time in the Corsini Gardens this May. After stylist and
A passion for music led German-born artisan Karl Till Riecke to choose an unusual occupation: rebuilding musical instruments from the baroque period in the hills of Tuscany. Till started ...
Our events listing keeps you up-to-date on the latest and greatest in culture, music and other English-friendly entertainment. This is a selection of the best of them. TECHNO/Carl Craig March 16, 9:30pm Viper Theatre, via Pistoiese, Florence Star of the international electronic music scene, and
More than 30 years ago, Ann Hepper started creating boxes by hand from the thousands of postcards received from friends and relatives scattered across the world, and box-making soon became ...
He signs his works simply as ‘Shunkan.' Shunichiro Kan is a Japanese artisan who moved to Florence from Japan 15 years ago, after completing studies in graphics and economics. However, instead of practising one of Florence's traditional local crafts, this Japanese artisan brought with him a traditional craft
One of Florence's best-known artisans, Vivian Saskia Wittmer, known simply as Saskia, is a German-born bespoke shoemaker who decided to make Florence her home almost two decades ago. With a passion for shoes since she was a young child, after her studies in Germany she apprenticed
