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If Italy is famous for its handcrafted quality<\/strong>, it\u2019s thanks to a long tradition of making things. In the early modern period, each important city was known for certain high quality goods as well as decorative arts for the home. Just within Tuscany, Florence made cloth along the Arno (though later turned banking), Prato was famous for its wool, Montelupo did ceramics and Volterra produced fine alabaster objects. In the Renaissance, Venice<\/strong> was a center of trade where you could get literally anything, but from a production point of view it became known for the famous Murano glass.<\/p>\n

Frequent travelers<\/strong> to Italy know that you have to hunt to find the best artisans in each city if you want to learn about their products and support them through purchases. Companies like Context Travel offer a Florence Oltrarno Artisans tour<\/a> and a Rome artisans shopping tour<\/a> to help you spot them. In Venice<\/strong>, I recently came across a useful map of authentic Venice artisans<\/strong> you can visit and support, and I asked the ideator, Ilaria Marcatelli (exhibition organizer at GAAF), to publish it here on the blog. What follows is her work.<\/p>\n

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As part of the Venice Design<\/strong> show taking place during the 2017 Venice Biennale, the GAA Foundation supported the research into and selection of 42 artisan workshops in Venice<\/strong> to feature on a map which intends to present the authenticity of craftsmanship of Venice. They all have different specializations and all share the values of handicraft, focus on materials, attention to detail and, ultimately, high quality. Some are functioning workshops while others are showrooms for the artisans\u2019products. This list of 28 authentic artisans in Venice<\/strong> is an edited selection of the 42 on the map, which you can pick up at the exhibition or download here<\/a>; the idea of sharing this list online comes from the hope of extending the reach of this paper map into the virtual and long-term world. You can also follow this Instagram account<\/a>!<\/p>\n

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