Mosaikashop Nomad mosaic workshop in Pontremoli, Italy with Sabina Giuntinelli with 3 private tours: Pontremoli, Cinque Terre and Carrara in collaboration with Sigeric Tours. Date: Saturday, May 13 to Saturday, May 20, 2023

March 9, 2023

(Tours will take place on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday)

Mosaikashop Nomad, in collaboration with Sabina Giuntinelli, (graduate from the Mosaic School of Spilimbergo) is proud to propose you a mosaic workshop in Pontremoli with 3 private tours: Pontremoli, 5 Terre and Carrara organized with Sigeric Tours.

The mosaic workshop theme will be a tribute to the Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser famous for his colourful and lively paintings, tapestries and architecture!

The workshop will consist of 4 full days for a total of 34 hours. Using the hammer and hardie (and Sabina will be there to cut you some if you’re not too familiar with the hammer), students will have special access to unique vintage Bisazza mosaic smalti materials from Sabina’s impressive treasured personal collection! Just perfect for a Hundertwasser themed mosaic!

They are a pure feast to the eyes! This is the material you will be using:

Sabina will teach you the Spilimbergo dynamic method of using smalti and murrine to create a whimsical interpretation and unique rendering of a Hundertwasser work. You will have a wide selection of designs suggested by Sabina choosen specifically for this workshop.

The mosaic will measure 35 X 25 cm.

We also offer the opportunity to join a

Color Theory Workshop! (optional)

Sabina is delighted to propose to you an additional 4 hour intensive workshop on colour theory. During the workshop you will learn about the three fundamental components of colour and about the theory of mixing and juxtaposing them. There will be explicative slides, printed notes to bring home, and practical exercises. The notions can then be applied during the mosaic course, playing with the wide range of materials available.

Workshop + 3 tours + 7 night stay in the convent Le Cappuccini:

Cost: 1225 Euros

Plus (optional)

Colour Theory Workshop:

(Sunday, May 14 from 2pm to 6 pm)

Cost: 75 euros

Spaces are limited!

We will welcome a maximum of 10 students and we need a minimum 4 students to run this workshop with the tours.

At the end of the tour students are free to depart or stay according to their own means.

Suggestion:

You may spend one night in Carrara then depart the next day or go directly to Pietrasanta and spend one night there.

Pietrasanta is just a 10 minute train ride from Carrara and is alive with local art galleries, bars, shops and people during the evening! Whereas Carrara is not!

Go directly to Pisa (after the day tour of Carrara) where there are many beautiful sights to see too.

A minimum full day is enough to see the main sites there.

Suggested Airport arrival and departure:

Pisa International Airport!

From there, you can easily take the train to Pontremoli.

Important: make sure your passport is valid for entry to Italy and/or have the necessary visa, if your type of passport requires it for entry in Italy.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE MEALS, REGISTRATION, AND YOUR STAY:

All meals NOT included.

Transportation fare to and from Pontremoli are NOT included. At the airport in Pisa, you can take a direct short train ride named ‘Pisamover’ directly to Pisa Central train station and from there you can buy your ticket to Pontremoli using the user-friendly ticket vending machine or at the ticket office.

Once you reserve your spot a registration form will be sent to you to be duly filled with your deposit as soon as we have on the list the minimum required 4 students.

Reserve your spot now! We just need 4 students to make this workshop happen!

Time limit to register: April 24. Reminder, as soon as the minimum required students is reached we will request a 300 Euro deposit, I will let you know.

Take note: April 24, is an important date! That day I must notify the touring company and the village of Pontremoli if this workshop is a go.

RESERVATIONS: PLEASE VIA EMAIL SO I DON’T GET CONFUSED AND LOST WITH MY CORRESPONDING WITH YOU, Thank-you! suzanne@mosaikashop.com

Workshop and tour program details day by day:

Day 1- Saturday May 13

Everybody arrives at Pontremoli according to their organized means and at their time. I will be in Pontremoli to greet you at the train station. As a first visit we propose the local museum Museo Delle Stelle (on your own), then a group walking tour in Pontremoli with Suzanne and/or Sabina. We start the evening at 6 pm or so with a welcome apertivo in the historical piazza and we will dine together after that.

Day 2- Sunday May 14

Morning: Tour of Pontremoli Barrocca with Sigeric Tours. Guided visit of the historical center of Pontremoli with particular attention to its piazzas, historical bridges and the church of San Geminiano and the Duomo di Santa Maria Assunta. You will also have the possibility to visit a private palace of the 1700’s, Palazzo Dosi Magnavacca.

This tour is of approximately 2 hours. Start of tour, 9:30am.

Afternoon: Colour Theory Workshop (optional) (extra fee 75 Euros)

Duration 4 hours. Start of workshop 2:30pm.

Tour of the Villa Dosi Delfini with tour guide.

(Extra fee 10 Euros)

Duration 1 hour. Start of tour 3pm.

Day 3- Monday May 15

Workshop begins!

Morning from 8:30am to 12:30

Lunch: 1pm to 2:30

Afternoon: 2:30- 7pm

Day 4- Tuesday May 16

Workshop continues!

Morning from 8:30am to 12:30

Lunch: 1pm to 2:30

Afternoon: 2:30- 7pm

Day 5- Wednesday May 17

Full day tour to Cinque Terre with Sigeric Tours. We will all together take the train from Pontremoli to La Spezia where we will meet our guide. We will visit Manarola. Then we will take the train to Monterosso where we will visit the village and will have a quick lunch. In the afternoon we will go to Vernazza. We return by train to La Spezia then to Pontremoli.

Day 6- Thursday May 18

Workshop Continues!

Morning from 8:30am to 12:30

Lunch: 1pm to 2:30

Afternoon: 2:30- 7pm

Day 7- Friday May 19

Last day of Workshop!

Morning from 8:30am to 12:30

Lunch: 1pm to 2:30

Afternoon: 2:30- 7pm

Day 8- Saturday May 20

Morning check-out of Pontremol

Together we take the train and bus to Carrara. We meet our guide at a tourist meeting point before entering Carrara. Our guide will take us to Fantiscritti, taking the historical Vara bridge, from there we stop at the piazzale of Fantiscritti where we can see the breathtaking view of the marble quarries and the sea.

Guided visit to the cave museum Danesi, and open air museum where you will see the tools used to extract and cut the marble and the Roman method of transporting the marble until this day. Tour also in a 4X4 Jeep which will go up to 1000 meters where you can admire the cave views to the basin of Carrara and onto the sea.

Lunch in the historical center in a local restaurant, Ristorante Roma.

Afternoon visit in the historical center of Carrara with particular attention to the piazzas and the Duomo di Sant’ Andrea.

Lunch in the historical center in a local restaurant, Ristorante Roma.

Afternoon visit in the historical center of Carrara with particular attention to the piazzas and the Duomo di Sant’ Andrea.

About Pontremoli:

Pontremoli is a charming medieval village situated on an island between 2 rivers perched onto a mountain.

Weather permitting, Suzanne will offer all a picnic lunch here:

This is where the workshop will take place at Le Stanze Del Teatro:

Weather permitting we can set up workshop at the garden fountain under the historical Lebanese cedar tree.

About Sabina:

Sabina Giuntinelli received her diploma as Master Mosaicist at the renowned Spilimbergo Mosaic School in 1998, and since then conjugated her mosaic practice and teaching at all levels.

During 7 years as master Mosaic Lecturer at the Spier Arts Academy she managed students and apprentices teams in the production of medium and large scale projects specializing in the translation of contemporary artworks into mosaic.

She also lectures Mosaic History, Color Theory and Andamento.

She’s currently working as a freelance artisan, her latest collaboration being with Mayer of Munich in 2022, manufacturing Nick Cave and Kiki Smith’s large scale projects for the New York Metro new stations.

Sabina Giuntinelli