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LABORATORIO
FIRENZE
ART, MOOD & CRAFT
Art and craft courses and workshops in Florence. Developing talent
A multidisciplinary space in which to develop your artistic career professionally, in the different traditional disciplines of textile printing, Silk-screening, analogue photography, fashion, jewellery, pictorial art and book art.
We want you to learn about the culture and the traditional techniques applied to innovation.
Our students and their works
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Our Laboratories
Laboratorio Firenze aims to revive the tradition of applied arts that is so relevant in the history of Florence.
Each laboratory corresponds to a structured program level that starts from the exploration of ideas, concepts, projects and experiments with techniques that will enhance your CV.
It is possible to earn university credits through participation in our laboratories.
Laboratorio Firenze collaborates with leading American universities as well as fashion and art schools.
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SERIGRAPHY
These Laboratories explore the practical applications of the printing and design process in fashion and how they can be applied to actual product development.
Textile Design laboratories include:
Silk-Screening | Batik and Colouring | Shibori and Dyeing | Other Printing Techniques – 2 Day Workshop |
TEXTILE PRINTING
These Laboratories explore the practical applications of the printing and design process in fashion and how they can be applied to actual product development.
Textile Design laboratories include:
Silk-Screening | Batik and Colouring | Shibori and Dyeing | Other Printing Techniques – 2 Day Workshop |
FASHION
These laboratories are aimed at all those interested in the world of textiles applied to fashion, seen as artistic expression.
Fashion laboratories include:
Fashion Laboratories | The Art of Geometric Fashion Design on the Stand | The Art of Conceptual and Surrealism Fashion Design on the Stand | Basic and Experimental Pattern-Making | Sewing & Tailoring | History of Fashion | Freehand Fashion Illustration
JEWELLERY
Perfect for experimentation with all the most commonly used settings in jewellery making. This course is aimed at the acquisition of knowledge on the use of tools and stones with the various methods and setting types. Precision and attention-to-detail are first and foremost the skills a jeweller must possess.
Jewellery laboratories include:
Goldsmith Laboratories | Laboratory I and II | 3D/CAD Jewellery Design | Wax modelling and micro-casting | Fretwork | Engraving | Chiselling and embossing | Enamelling | Gemmology | History of Jewellery Laboratory |
ANALOG PHOTOGRAPHY
Students will carry out practical work on the process of developing black and white films, from the preparation of chemicals to darkroom printing on photographic paper.
Photography laboratories include:
1 year course | cyanotype: Experimental printing technique | Introduction | Experimental techniques |
Art
In these laboratories, participants acquire the necessary skills for the development of paintings, drawings, as well as artist books.
Art laboratories include:
Renaissance Painting Techniques | Art Books | Veiled beauty: the art of representing drapery |
Online Courses
These online courses have been developed to give you the freedom to realize your projects from home or wherever you may choose.
ONLINE COURSES
These online courses have been developed to give you the freedom to realize your projects from home or wherever you may choose.
Online courses include:
Designing graphic patterns for housewares by hand | Design your own jewellery | Textile fashion illustration by hand | Making jewellery using wax carving | Experimental photographic printing techniques for textiles: cyanotype | Design your own T-shirt collection | El arte del esmalte caldo
Flash Laboratories
Don’t miss our Flash Laboratories. The opportunity you were looking for to complement your training.
GRAFFITI POP WITH SKIM
In this workshop with Skim we enter the world of Skim creating a work with the artist.
You will learn the technique of pop graffiti or harmonic kaos, a perfect mix between paint and spray.
The main concept of this workshop is to revisit the icons of Pop art, music and cinema in a modern way.
Tutors
Motivated by the knowledge of our respective professions, we are a group of artists who have created a wonderful space where every artisan technique can be transformed into art.
Each student is closely supervised by his or her tutor, from the very start of the course until the completion of their work or project.
Under the tutor’s guidance, students are encouraged to explore their creativity in a unique historical context like Florence, cradle of the Renaissance.
WE ARE:
Textile Designers
Print-makers
Fashion Designers
Goldsmiths
Jewellery Designers
Visual Artists
Gloria Marco Munuera
Photographer Artist
Yuko Inagawa
Goldsmith Artist
Susana Miranda
Artist Illustrator
Kathleen Knippel
Textile Artist
Florence, Tuscany and our Laboratorio
On a global level, Florence represents a unique historical model: here concentrated in a small urban space are the most important artistic and architectural works of one of the most fascinating moments in human history, the Renaissance.
Study in the heart of Florence!
Being able to study and practice the “art of craftsmanship” in a similar context with Laboratorio Firenze, means opening the doors to a future full of creativity.