The workshops are ideal for visitors, small groups, families,students and anyone interested in a deeper understanding of one of the most important industries of both ancient and modern Florence.

Every participant is given an artisan's work apron, a work station and tools, and is allocated an artisan.

The Master Artisan teaches each participant how to prepare, assemble and finish the chosen item of the workshop.

Every item can then be personalised with the participants individual initials to provide a long lasting and unique memory of their experience. This personalisation is hand crafted in either 24kt gold leaf, pure silver leaf or embossed.

LEATHER CRAFTSMANSHIP INTRODUCTION (EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP)

Guided tour, storytelling of leather process and manufacture, focus on leather fìnishes and

fìnished products.

Time: 30/40min

Cost: Available on request

LEATHER BOUND PASSPORT COVER OR BOOK COVER WORKSHOP

Guided tour, storytelling of leather process and manufacture, focus on leather finishes and finished products.

Time: 2H

Cost: Available on request

“AII workshops available in English, Italian, Spanish, Mandarin, Chinese, Korean”

MAKING OF A LEATHER BELT

Guided tour, storytelling of leather process and manufacturing performed by qualified staff.

Artisan led, interactive class to create a leather belt.

Finishing a pre-cut leather piece, dabbing technique to color belt, choice of buckle and sizing.

-Time: 60 - 90 min

-Cost: available on request

MAKING OF A LEATHER BOOKMARK

Guided tour, storytelling of leather process and manufacturing performed by qualified staff.

Artisan led, interactive class to create individual leather bookmark.

-Time: 45min/1H

-Cost: available on request

N.B.For the following workshop we will use 100% vegetable materials, chemical-free, no sharp instruments, no flames and natural glues

Possibility and capacity max 15-20 pax per workshop

SCARICA QUI LA NOSTRA BROCHURE

YOu can download our brochure ON LEATHER WORKSHOPS BELOW:

Un profumo intenso che difficilmente svanirà o verrà dimenticato: è l'odore della conceria, e del cuoio fiorentino.

Questo è un materiale, un tema, un mondo che a Firenze ha trovato una patria elettiva. Se possiamo certamente innamorarci dell'arte e dei sapori di Firenze, rimarremo non meno affascinati dalle creazioni dei maestri artigiani che ancora lavorano la pelle e il cuoio secondo una tradizione unica al mondo.

Firenze, mantiene così una fervida attività nella concia e nella fabbricazione di pellami e prodotti a base di cuoio. Non è un caso che ancora oggi uno dei quartieri della città dove la pelle regna sovrana sia l'area del centro storico che si estende dal Ponte Vecchio alla Basilica di Santa Croce.

La concia delle pelli, che è l'operazione che permette poi di lavorare la pelle, veniva esercitata in passato appena a monte e a valle del ponte, dove le pelli venivano bagnate nel letto del fiume Arno. Solo in seguito, a causa dei forti fumi prodotti, l'attività di lavorazione del cuoio fu collegata alle vicinanze di Piazza Santa Croce.

L'adiacente “Via delle Conce”, “Via dei Conciatori” e “Corso dei Tintori” sono ancora qui testimoni di un glorioso passato. Ed è qui, nel cuore del quartiere Santa Croce, che vive la nostra piccola bottega che condivide con noi tutta la bellezza di questo mestiere e mestiere.

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An intense perfume that is unlikely to fade away or be forgotten: it is the smell of the tannery, and of Florentine leather.
This is a material, a theme, a world - that in Florence, found an elective homeland. If we can certainly fall in love with the art and the flavors of Florence, we will remain no less fascinated by the creations of the master craftsmen who still work the skin and the leather according to a tradition unique in the world.

Florence, thus maintains a fervent activity in the tanning and manufacture of leather and leather-based products. It is no coincidence that even today, one of the city’s neighborhoods where leather reigns su- preme is the area of the historic center that stretches from Ponte Vecchio to the Basilica of Santa Croce.

The tanning of leather, which is the operation that allows the skin to then be processed, was exercised in the past just upstream and downstream of the bridge, where the hides were soaked in the bed of the Arno river. Only later, due to the strong fumes produced, was the leather processing activity connected to the vicinity of the Santa Croce square.

The adjacent “Via delle Conce”, “Street of Tanners” and “Corso dei Tintori” are still here bearing witness to a glorious past. And it is here, in the heart of the Santa Croce neighborhood, where our small workshop lives, sharing with us all the beauty of this craft and trade.

WORKSHOPS

- CORSO SULLA PELLETTERIA - COURSES ON ARTISANAL LEATHER

- CORSO SULLA CARTA - COURSES ON HAND MADE PAPER

- CORSO DI RILEGATURA - COURSES ON BOOK BINDING

PELLETTERIA SU MISURA

- BORSE SU MISURA - BESPOKE BAGS AND PURSES