Class description

 

This class is designed to experience the fun of playing with colors and make silk scarves utilizing the marbling technique.

Drops of paint will be put on the surface of the water and shaped in patterns using rakes and combs.

Each participant will be making 3 scarves (14""x60""). A great gift for yourself, a friend or family members.

 

I will provide everything: silk scarves, paints, rakes and combs.

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What you are required to bring

 

You only need to bring an apron and comfortable shoes.

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Class cancellation policy

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If you need to cancel this class, you MUST contact us before August 25, 2023 in order to receive a refund. Note that NGS will withhold $10 to cover processing fees. To cancel, call Patti Jo Newsom at 817-917-7873 or email us at nevadagourdsociety@gmail.com.

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If this class does not meet its minimum number of students by August 25th, the class will be cancelled, you will be contacted, and your registration fee will be refunded.

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All classes are subject to change.       

About the instructor

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​Pietro is native to the northwestern Italian city of Turin where his father Gaetano founded and operated "Tipografia Accardi." In 1950s Italy, it was a state of the art printing press. His youth spent in the press lead him to paper marbling, restoration and bookbinding. Pietro moved on from his father’s press to establish "La Legatoria del Sole," an artisanal and production-oriented bookbindery in Turin. It served Turin’s Municipal Archives, public and university libraries. After coming to the US he started teaching workshops at the "San Francisco Center for the Book". Together with his wife Vanessa he has founded Accardi Book Arts: a book arts studio and bindery in Gardnerville dedicated to preserve the tradition of hand bookbinding.

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Questions about this class?

 

Pietro can be contacted at accardibookarts@gmail.com

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