In this podcast episode (43 min.), I talk with artist Alison Woolley about her transition from Canadian art student abroad to apprentice in a Florentine bottega to owner of her own bottega carrying on the traditional methods she learned. We also talk about her work designing and doing by hand the decorative painting and gilding of harpsichords (and the special world of baroque music and fabulous settings such instruments inhabit).
You can learn more about Alison and her workshops at http://florenceart.net/ and see her new collection of silk scarves at https://www.dolcesera.com/