Tuesday, July 12, 2011

San Gemini


This is the beautiful city of San Gemini, Italy. So... I live here. In fact, that bell tower on the right? Yeah, that's my classroom. But I'll get to that later.

I'm spending the month learning about paper restoration through a program called San Gemini Preservation Studies. They also offer ceramic, architectural, and paintings conservation.


(photo credit: Amanda Enneking)

This is my teacher:

His name is Konstantinos. He worked in the Vatican conservation lab for three years, and has taught paper restoration in Italy and currently teaches in Greece. He's pretty much amazing :)
(in the picture, he is washing paper with Cassie and Nikki)

In a future post, I'll talk all about what I'm learning in my classes.




Here are some sneak peaks of the town and future posts:



Ciao, a presto!

4 comments:

  1. what a wonderful experience....I'm happy for you (code for lucky....I wish I were there!)

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  2. how fun to see what you're seeing!!! {starts chanting} more pics! more pics! more pics!

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  3. Looks like you're having a blast! Can't wait to hear more! How's your Italian coming along? Is it coming back easily?

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  4. I chose the wrong major.

    Have a wonderful time, it looks really incredible!!!

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