Making Marbled Paper in Florence, Italy

hi I'm author Julie Hedlund and I am the founder and leader of the annual writers Renaissance retreat in Florence Italy today I am going to take you inside my very favorite paper and book binding shop in all of Florence Adalberto cozy on Via del patio a in the Ghent restored eco district of Florence the interior of the shop is just mouth-watering with its lovely notebooks notecards photo album hens little keepsake boxes when you go further in you see old volumes that have been brought to Alberto Coetzee for rebinding and/or new bindings here is a drawing that Ricardo's mother did both they're beautiful things everywhere here is Ricardo who was nice enough to demonstrate for myself and fellow faculty member Mary Hoffman the making of handmade marbled Florentine paper and allow us to document the experience for you quest of design you conquest colore layer on to Bremen you know talk about the only vocal only one line in diverse it's absurd for us to leave we do people so far been teaching before you there are people objects I was asking if you use this design and this combination of colors many times or whether it's always different every time he says it's a little time really I assume the same color all the time but every time yeah hmm so how many colors Quantico Laurie I depend yes or no you're gonna learn ended up we lookin oh look at this one Wow changes men with every color this year I mean the other colors changed to this bubble he doesn't want that principally with a warm-up light so beautiful now what you please get the contrast if you this is the Rosco last one the last one oh no order so light gold looks yellow hey looks like go right oh my goodness it's like what equates to patronage I see a pattern ready now already five I want to show you the eco design I am performing so it's not beautiful primo passenger primo passagio quanto kesaji Oh Monty vessel that latina Eric do any of it will occur when I lost missile design ah-ha-ha-ha and Suzanne your Papa is fabulous 400 years see they're checking the quality of nature it just uses it as attendants not to twist this kind of paper this is the bit I'm scared of yeah you in right now you

Channel: Julie Hedlund

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Keywords: Florence (City/Town/Village), Italy, Paper Marbling, Writer's Retreat, Writer's Renaissance, Writing, Julie Hedlund, ECNEROLF

Id: NOy8X7MR0iI

Length: 6min 5sec (365 seconds)

Published: Sun May 18 2014