About

I have attended the following courses:

by Alessandro Zanella (1955 - 2012):

August 2008: beginner's introduction to letterpress printing, plus linocut and xilography with Lucio Passerini
September 2010: introduction to letterpress printing with electrotypes
June 2011: introduction to letterpress printing with an Adana printing machine
December 2011: advanced letterpress printing course with a two-colour technique

at 'Sarmède - Zâvrel Foundation'

by Valentino De Nardo

with 'Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione - Cornuda'

In partnership with Valeria Bertesina, I taught the following courses at 'Sarmède - Zâvrel Foundation':

Project timeline:

2013: A Kite for Aibhin by Seamus Heaney
March 2014: Cotton
October 2014: Thoughts in a Garden by Andrew Marvell; Delight in Disorder by Robert Herrick; Days by Philip Larkin
November 2014: The Woman in Sunshine/Una donna al sole by Wallace Stevens; This Is Just to Say by William Carlos Williams
February 2015: Love After Love/Amore Dopo Amore by Derek Walcott
April 2016: collaboration with 'Sarmède - Zâvrel Foundation' begins with I musicanti di Brema by the Grimm Brothers
- October 2016: Poem 629 by Emily Dickinson
- December 2016: Shirshasana by Niklas Salmi; Out of myself by Mark Kravos
- April 2017: When You Are Old by W. B. Yeats; Sing a Song of Sixpence (Anonymous)
March 2018: The Shipping Forecast
Winter 2018: Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan
Winter 2019: Glamourie by Kathleen Jamie
Winter 2020: The Bridge over the Border by Kate Clanchy
March 2020: Coat by Vicki Feaver
June 2020: On peut rêver by Eugène Guillevic; Bright star, would I were stedfast as thou art by John Keats (commissioned work - not for sale)
September 2020: The Road to Lichfield by Penelope Lively (not for sale)

I have had the pleasure to collaborate with the following artists:

Special thanks to Sandro Berra and Daniele Facchin for their ongoing support.

Photo, video and website credits: Maddy Vettorello