This summer Lynne Curran is leading tapestry courses at Busatti’s in /Anghiari, A great opportunity to learn an enchanting medieval craft in a perfect setting. Lynne Curran is a tapestry weaver and has been a visiting lecturer at leading art schools and museums worldwide. Her tapestries are held in many international art collections, such as the Victoria and [...]
The two-day course is primarily a beginners’ class, a chance to learn the basic techniques of this beautiful artform, which was at its peak in the Middle Ages. Then there’s an opportunity to really develop this newly acquired skill by joining a further three-day course where you will be given a special project (or you [...]
A LOOM WITH A VIEW Tapestry Summer School in Tuscany Dante mentioned it in ‘Paradiso’. Michelangelo ascribed his genius to its pure mountain air and depicted it on the Sistine ceiling. St.Francis loved its remote and craggy grandeur. High up in the Appenines, the Tuscan hill-town of Chiusi della Verna has long been a favourite [...]
