Florence, the XXVI edition of Crafts and Palace kicks off

This year, the season of fairs (national in the sector and Florentine fairs in general) will be opened by the XXVI edition of the Artigianato a Palazzo exhibition, which will bring a new selection of master craftsmen to Florence’s Giardino Corsini from Sept. 17 to 20, offering the public an unprecedented path of research among those who are the witnesses of the great craft tradition, with a focus on the new generations, as well as an original program of collateral initiatives.

For four days, ceramists, glass grinders, silver embossers and goldsmiths, carvers, restorers, luthiers, tailors, gem and wood inlayers, straw weavers, designers, and more, will interact with visitors as they are at work in their little workshop corners, reconstructed for the occasion in the lemon houses and among the parterres of the Italian garden.

“At a time when there is a trend to bring productions back to Italy, enhancing the specificities of the territories, the sector appears even more a great opportunity for growth and innovation,” say Giorgiana Corsini and Neri Torrigiani, creator and promoter of the event, respectively. “Because if on the one hand we have understood that our activities will be increasingly linked to IT tools, on the other hand it remains true that the country’s capital will be played precisely on our craft skills, capable of combining manual ability, ingenuity and creativity, and of promoting the cultural riches of our regions.”

The selected and diversified offerings of the exhibition will be an opportunity for reflection and sharing of new styles, interpreters of the ever-changing relationships between tradition and innovation, craftsmanship and technology, through encounters with specialized craftsmen who reveal their secrets as they are at work in their small workshop corners, reconstructed for the occasion in the lemon houses and among the parterres of the Italian garden.

The Florentine event also includes the Giambologna and the Fata Morgana fundraiser, promoted by ARTIGIANATO E PALAZZO involving the public and supporting companies, which will be aimed at the recovery and preservation of the entire complex of the “Fonte della Fata Morgana” - also known by locals as “Casina delle Fate” (commissioned by Bernardo Vecchietti in the second half of the 16th century within the park of Villa Il Riposo, his summer residence nestled in Chianti at the foot of Fattucchia hill).

Donated several decades ago by the Morrocchi family to the Municipality of Bagno a Ripoli, the “Fonte della Fata Morgana” is in urgent need of restoration.

For the full program you can visit the event’s official website.

Florence, the XXVI edition of Crafts and Palace kicks off

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