A guided introduction to Pietrasanta for artists.
If you are an artist – sculptor or otherwise – then you will one day stumble across tales of this town. It has been frequented by artists for over 40 years due to its unparalleled services for artists. It boasts the best infrastructure for sculptors in the world. Marble here is everywhere. Bronze foundries are busy casting works for Mitoraj, Botero, Javier Marín and Giuseppe Penone.
Family business sell the same chisels and riflers they did hundreds of years ago. The first marble quarry of the area, found and excavated by Michelangelo Buonarroti himself, looks down from Monte Altissimo over this town. There are incredible artisans skilled at understanding your needs and working along side you. You can have beautiful hand made moulds made of your most recent creations, have works scaled up or down, blocked out, polished or even sculpted by a robot if thats your thing…
It does take years to slowly gather these contacts and make inroads into this incredible community based around the production of art.
…So thats where I come in.
My Name is Jaqueline. I am married to a family of sculptors. Most of my friends are sculptors from around the world… and they don’t all speak Italian so well. So for the last 10 years I have been helping them all when trying to communicate size, timing, colour, dates, etc, and that is how I have slowly become well acquainted with this amazing world.
I can take you from one place to the next introducing you and helping you communicate your needs.
I suggest a guided introduction which will take a day or 2 depending on how much you want to see and if it suits, we will eat where the artists eat and drink where the artists drink.
I am also available on hourly rates for helping out as a translator/go between for any projects you may have which require working with foundries, artisans, marble vendors, transport companies etc.
Please don’t hesitate to send me a quick email and we can figure out what would be the best way to spend a day in Pietrasanta for you.