Italia Invita, International Forum of Lace and Embroidery
4th edition - "Weddings Italian-Style"
Parma Fair, Italy from May 8th to 10th
2009
Workshop Casalguidi embroidery
At the end of the 1800’s born in Casalguidi was an
embroidery, which was then given the name of the town, was
carried out on humble cloth and threads usually in one colour
(e.g. white on white, ecru on ecru) avoiding the use of colour
because it was much more costly. The creation of this embroidery
can surely be attributed to the capable hands of the embroiderers
of that time., who finding themselves together on the threshing
floor added the work to their staying together. Starting from
this premise gives the reason why Casalguidi work carried out on
a base of four sided stitch or drawn work, seems to symbolise a
well cultivated field on which are applied the fruits of our
Tuscan land: grapes, sticks, ears of corn, flowers of the field
and even animals, the tree of life; to symbolise the eternal
battle between good and evil. Likewise it surely embroidered the
designs and renaissance symbols of which the churches of Pistoia
are rich. One finds precious examples of this embroidery
preserved in the church sacristies, since the symbolism
pertaining to Christianity made these pieces suitable for sacred
vestments. It certainly was not an embroidery intended for the
nobility or the well-off of that time where one used threads and
material of much greater richness, fine linen, silk and coloured
threads.
(Manuela Chiti Lupi)
copyright © by Anna Passannante (Club del
Ricamo di Casale) for Italia Invita IV
edition
- Technique: Casalguidi embroidery
- Teacher: Anna Passannante (Club del Ricamo di
Casale)
- Prerequisites: moderately difficult, it is advisable
to have a good general knowledge of embroidery.
- Objectives of the course: learning the basic stitches
and applying them to make a doily with insertions of punto
antico.
- Material supplied: linen fabric, thread (Florentine
twine), needles, patterns, short instruction manual.
- Material to be provided by the participant: small
scissors, thimble, tape measure, embroidery frame.
Workshops will be held in Pavilion 3 adjacent
to the exhibition, on Friday and Saturday at 2 p.m. - 6
p.m., on Sunday from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Each workshop will last for altogether 12 hours. Following
subjects will be covered:
Participation fee for each workshop: €
240,00 (VAT included).
Minimum number of 10 participants, maximum 14.
The fee for each participant includes:
- 12 hours of tuition, working material, fabric, thread,
instruction manual, language assistance for non-Italian
speakers
- Admission ticket to the Forum
- It also entitles you to access to Bagarre, an event dedicated
to the world of antiques and collecting which will be held at the
Parma Fair at the same time as the Italia Invita Forum.
Registration for the Workshops
Volantino_UK.pdf - Registration form
english
Volantino_IT.pdf - italiano
Volantino_FR.pdf - français
Volantino_DE.pdf - deutsch
Volantino_ES.pdf - español
Important: Registrations will be accepted from 1 October
2008 until 28 February 2009.
For any information for day visitors' this page: Day visitors' admission tickets and
groups.
For workshop participants:
Please complete the form and send with proof of bank transfer
to:
Fiere di Parma S.p.A.
Via Fortunato Rizzi 67/A
43100 Baganzola (Parma) Italy
Or by fax to +39 0521 996320
The event is organized by:
Fiere di Parma S.p.A.- Via F. Rizzi, 67/A 43100 Baganzola (Parma)
- Italy
Tel. +39 0521 996284-271 - Fax +39 0521 996320
italiainvita@fiereparma.it
- http://www.fiereparma.it
CF e P.Iva 00162790349
Italia Invita project team:
Agnese Bifulco, Fiorella Gaggi, Cristina Notore, Paola
Paglierani, Rosalba Pepi, Thessy Schoenholzer Nichols.
