Byzantine Mosaic - Tour & Workshop
From EUR 100
Become a mosaicist for a day!
Come and discover the art of mosaic. Before or after visiting the UNESCO monuments of Ravenna with its wonderful mosaics, also you can become a mosaicist for a day!
You will have the opportunity to discover the world of mosaic by visiting a real artisan workshop: you will be shown the materials used, the special tools used to cut the tiles, the different execution techniques. You will witness the manual cutting of the tiles using traditional tools: hammer and cutting board.
You can choose among some Byzantine motifs that you can admire in the monuments of the city and use glassy materials produced in the ancient furnaces of Venice.
You will actively participate in all stages of processing.
At the end of the experience you can bring home a souvenir of Ravenna made with your own hands.
Come and discover the art of mosaic. Before or after visiting the UNESCO monuments of Ravenna with its wonderful mosaics, also you can become a mosaicist for a day!
You will have the opportunity to discover the world of mosaic by visiting a real artisan workshop: you will be shown the materials used, the special tools used to cut the tiles, the different execution techniques. You will witness the manual cutting of the tiles using traditional tools: hammer and cutting board.
You can choose among some Byzantine motifs that you can admire in the monuments of the city and use glassy materials produced in the ancient furnaces of Venice.
You will actively participate in all stages of processing.
At the end of the experience you can bring home a souvenir of Ravenna made with your own hands.
When:
upon agreementevery day
at 9.30 am or at 3.30 pm
Meeting Point:
Pixel MosaiciVia Sinistra Canale Molinetto 181, Ravenna
please arrive 5 minutes before the starting time
Duration:
3 hoursIncluded:
- materials- equipment
- welcome snack
- the mosaic made during the workshop
Extra Charge:
- the consignment of the mosaic realized to the address of the participant, on request
Highlights
PROGRAM:
- welcome drinks, coffee and tea
- visiting of the laboratory, a brief history of the mosaic, demonstration of the manual cutting of materials using traditional tools
- choice and realization of the drawing to be executed, printing of the lattice on concrete and work execution
- at the end of the experience will be given to you the mosaic: your souvenir of Ravenna
Available Languages:
- Italian- English
- French
- Spanish
Useful info:
- if you require an invoice, you will have to request it BEFORE paying, writing an email at: info@visitravenna.itRoute
- Via Sinistra Canale Molinetto, 181, Ravenna