Freedom

 By: AndyFerrari    19:51  bookstores, mine vaganti, movie, stieg larsson   No comments

Ok, I haven't posted in a while, so I'm just going to share a few things today, and hopefully tomorrow I'll have pics of the new bags ;)

First, I watched Mine Vaganti a few days ago, it's a really sweet italian movie. Watch it if you can. Really.

And I loooove the song!

Second, I got to the third volume of Stieg Larsson's trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. It's amaaazing! His writing, in my mind, is like a big ball of threads in a huge mess, and little by little pulling here and there, the whole things starts solving in a slightly confused way, until it finally falls untangled. I'm loving it.
Warning though: there are some rough scenes. If you're sensible to ugly scenes and some violence, this might not be the one for you....

And last but not least, I'm hopping to see Coppelia by Bolshoi, being transmited live, May 29th (gonna miss Artem Ovcharenko =.=)

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A pretty flower in a vase

 By: AndyFerrari    15:12  artichoke, bienal, bookstores, Curitiba, design, fabric, flower   No comments

Well, it's been a while! Mostly 'cause I haven't been founding anything to post really =p I've been working at something, but I'm not going to show it just yet (it's something for Mika's concert at the Planeta Terra Festival in november).

I've been in Curitiba the last week, and staying 'till sunday, mostly for the Bienal Brasileira de Design. Already went to the part of it at MON (Museu Oscar Niemeyer) wich's about raw materials, and it was awesome. A lot of things being developed on natural fibers and rubber, and in the second part how recyclables are being re-used in all sorts of ways.

And of course, went a little shopping for books (can't resist a bookstore...) and fabrics. Awesome artichoke printed fabric! (I find artichokes amazingly beautiful btw... didn't know they blossomed 'till a few months ago). There was this little restaurant in the way I always took to go to the Leather school, and they always had sunflowers or blossomed artichokes on a little round table on the front, that's the first time I really saw one, although someone had told me about that some time before.

Artichoke <.3 (image from http://greenforkutah.blogspot.com)

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Artists shopping

 By: AndyFerrari    07:08  art, bookstores, florence, masks, supplies   No comments

Hi again sweethearts. Another post with no photos this time...

But it's ok since we're talking about...shopping 8D Because I believe that for any kind of artist visiting Italy, it's indispensable to take a look at 1. the amazing bookstores e 2. the art supplies shops.

I know in some countries is not that hard to find the stuff you can buy in these stores as it is in Brazil, but it's just nice to take a look at them for the store itself.

Even though, I'll give some links to online stores, and for the actual stores, I'll stay just in Florence grounds.

In case you're staying a little longer and have a place you can have stuff delivered, the online stores.

(although most of them also have stores somewhere in Italy)

1. Amicucci - http://www.amicucci.it/ <- The actual store is in Urbino. If you're planning to go there, take a look at the store. If not....then you shoul'd use this as an excuse to go. It's a very pretty little town.

2. Il Foglio - http://www.ilfoglio-sas.com/ <- The store is in Milan, but is kindda hard to reach (well, at least I couldn't) çause not even the subway gets there. If you can go by car good, but it's probably easier to order online. They send the whole catalog by e mail .

3. Muller Colori - http://www.mullercolori.com/ <- The store is in Genova, and they also have a profile at facebook.

4. Decoarte <-http://www.decoarteshop.it/

5. Calcografia.it <- http://www.calcografia.it/negozio/en/index.htm

Physical stores

1. Salvini Articoli per Belle Arti <-

Via degli Alfani, 127r - 50121 - FIRENZE - Got all my etching tools here.

2. Rigacci <-Via dei Servi 71 r - really close to the Duomo, on a street that start just in front of it in the left side if you're facing the church.

3. Zecchi <- Via dello Studio <- basicly a street in the same line as the one for Rigacci, but starts in the right side of the Duomo.

Oh, and we can't forget about the little masks store from Prof. Agostino Dessì, in Via Faenza 72 r. There you can take a look at some of his work with the cartapesta and also buy his book.

Well, for the bookstores, I still have to check the adresses, so I'll leave it to some other day.

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