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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'

• 2013: intermediate printmaking course by Maurizio Olivotto

by Valentino De Nardo

• March 2011: etching and engraving course 'Arte di Sera'

with 'Tipoteca Italiana Fondazione - Cornuda'

• February 2015: printmaking course 'Prima Impressione' by Daniele Facchin

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

• April 2016: 'Fare libri in tiratura limitata' with Valeria Bertesina
• April 2017: 'Fare libri in tiratura limitata' with Valeria Bertesina

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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)
• 2021: Tissue
• Winter 2022: Interior w/ ceiling fan
• February 2022: The Widening Sky 
• July 2022: Inventori di Lettere
• Spring 2023: Between Wind and Clouds
• September 2023: Poets Need Not

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

• Ulla Aartinen
• Sergio Bigolin
• Noreen Bissland
• Federica Bortolotti
• Annalisa Cescon
• Valentino De Nardo
• Sabrina Frison
• Arcadio Lobato
• Elide Piras
• Sofia Renganeschi
• ​Niklas Salmi
• Claudio Schincariol

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

Photo, video and website credits: Maddy Vettorello