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| Welcome to Il Papiro in Florence. Photo © 2010 Karen F Rose |
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| Showing me a sample of marbleized pape Photo © 2010 Karen F Rose |
"Mr. Boots, my studio assistant cat received excellent care from friends during my recent trip overseas. So great, in fact, I'm not sure he even missed me!
As a thank you, to repay the kindness of his caregivers, I wanted to bring home just a little something from Italy for these friends.
I was pleased to discover a charming and inviting paper shop, Il Papiro where gift giving ideas abound.
As their website says, Il Papiro produces hand decorated paper with techniques inspired by the tradition of Tuscany - hand decorated papers on journals, books and photo frames.
As a thank you, to repay the kindness of his caregivers, I wanted to bring home just a little something from Italy for these friends.
I was pleased to discover a charming and inviting paper shop, Il Papiro where gift giving ideas abound.
As their website says, Il Papiro produces hand decorated paper with techniques inspired by the tradition of Tuscany - hand decorated papers on journals, books and photo frames.
Here's a video link to watch the artisan who demonstrated the steps in this marbleizing process: video
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If this looks like a creative endeavor you'd like try, here's a link on how to make your own marbleized paper.
Enjoy!
6 comments:
I love il Papiro! It's in different cities in Italy, so when you're tooling around you can get your marbleized paper elsewhere. Though I think the tradition is from Florence.
Thanks for sharing this moment in your artful travels!
Cynthia, thanks for stopping by.
Yes, I read there are Il Papiro shops in the states as well.
Karen,
It's Pam from the Blogging Triage class. I loved your post about Il Papiro, as well as the close up shot of the marbleized paper (and great that you included the video). Your other photos look great, too.
Thanks Pam. It's an interesting process to see on video!
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