by Penny | 11 Jul, 2015 | Book Binding, Florentine paper, Modern Art
Last month we spent a fun day in the recently extended premises of Alberto Cozzi – teaching a group from Desmond and Dempsey in London how to marble paper and trying out designs to suit ladies pyjamas Fashionista Molly Goddard, who came up with their brilliant...
by Penny | 7 Dec, 2014 | Book Binding, Books, Social History
My friend Dr Ann Benson, who has been visiting Florence with me last week, had a specific project in mind for her visit. In recent months she has not only recovered a precious 17th Century travel diary hand written by 13 year old Charles Lord Herbert , that she found...
by Penny | 19 Oct, 2014 | Book Binding, Books, Italy and the American Imagination, News, Religious History, Renaissance Art, Saints, Social History, The Medici, Tuscan gardens, WW2
Gardens of the Exiles – Sybil Cutting, Charles Strong and Vernon Lee make their own Paradise near Florence In the period following the Unification of Italy , before the World Wars tore everything apart again, Florence became the rightful place for the ambitious,...
by Penny | 14 Oct, 2014 | Book Binding, Florentine paper, News
Just a quick reminder about Paper Marbling in Florence We hold our classes in a well established family shop and the demonstrations and lessons are provided by expert marbler Riccardo Luci or his sister Leticia. All students initially watch a demonstration by...
by Penny | 3 May, 2014 | Book Binding, Florentine paper, Shopping, The Art of Writing, writer's retreat
Florentine paper marbling with Natalia, Lisa and Sara at Alberto Cozzi Alberto Cozzi is a Florentine paper and book-binding shop that has been a family run business on Via del Parione, since 1902. The shop is still run by the same family who have another little shop...
by Penny | 13 Apr, 2014 | Book Binding, calligraphy, Exhibitions, Florentine paper, Women artists
This weekend I have joined my friend Kath Thomas for the Vernissage of her new Studio BookBarnKat in Via dell’Amorino 8r in the San Lorenzo area of Florence. Kath also launched her first workshop in her new studio which has been enacted over this weekend. It is called...
