Choose one of the 10 hands-on workshops and take part in the event that brings together, as if in a vast arts and crafts workshop, craftspeople working across various creative disciplines.
Creating, getting hands-on, seeking harmony, learning from mistakes, and honing your eye. At the BazArt workshop, you learn by doing in the workshop space – a special place where you can explore learning practices based on creative action.
On Friday 13 December, from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm, the Castello Volante will host the event that will transform the ancient manor into a vast workshop of craft practices.
The project has been conceived by Big Sur with the support of Confartigianato Imprese Lecce and is being organised in partnership with the local council, in collaboration with Coolclub, Multiservice Eco and infoPoint in Corigliano d’Otranto as part of the ‘Borgo Volante’ project, funded by the Ministry of Culture – Fund for Development and Cohesion.
The Artisan Workshops are a creative space, a collective event where the public can experiment with artisanal materials and techniques by choosing one of the 10 hands-on workshops led by artisans working across various disciplines: from screen printing to bookbinding, from tailoring to macramé, from handmade paper to objects made from recycled plastic and other traditional techniques.
In one of its previous incarnations, Corigliano d’Otranto Castle was also a workplace – a factory for oil and tobacco – a space where raw materials were transformed into something new. And it preserves this legacy not only in the marks left by time but also in the spirit that animates the ‘Castello Volante’ – the cultural project that calls it home and has transformed it into a permanent creative workshop, a space where dreams are designed and built just as objects are.
The workshops will take place simultaneously within the castle’s spaces, offering a complete immersion in the world of craft workshops and the art of handcrafting.
The workshops, each lasting around 3 hours, have limited places and require advance booking. You can choose a single workshop to take part in at a cost of 10 euros.
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- RECHARGE
Meditative clay workshop
led by Vivienne
A workshop for everyone, where you can mould clay as a form of meditation, focusing on the sense of touch and your breathing, to create your own unique piece.
- STEP BY STEP
Artist’s Notebook Design Workshop
curated by Officine Amaro
Designing an artist’s notebook, based on the concepts of reuse and waste materials, through an experimental approach and the use of techniques such as pop-ups, folds and cuts, analogue printing and various binding methods.
- THE ART OF HAT-MAKING
Millinery workshop
organised by GL’E Millinery
A workshop exploring the history of the hat, where you’ll learn about the materials, tools and techniques of the ancient art of millinery, from shaping on wooden forms to starching, ironing and finishing.
- A KNOT, A WEAVE, AN OBJECT
Macramé workshop
organised by Filé
An introduction to macramé, learning the basic techniques and knots to transform simple threads into an object to take home with you and give free rein to your creativity.
- A JOURNEY THROUGH THE ANCIENT HISTORY OF ORIENTAL PAPER AND MEDITERRANEAN PLANTS
A narrative experience on handmade paper
organised by Cubiarte
A first-hand account of the artisanal heritage of 7th-century Eastern paper mills and the fulling mills of medieval Italy. How the colours and scents of precious papers are born from the most humble Mediterranean plants.
- PRECIOUS PLASTIC
Artisanal plastic recycling workshop
organised by Mobius Circle
An exploration of the world of plastic recycling and the Precious Plastic movement. Starting with waste items such as bottle caps and plastic bottles, a new accessory will be created using the injection moulding method.
- BLOCK PARTY
Upcycling workshop with block printing on fabric
organised by Elena Campa
An upcycling workshop to breathe new life into second-hand clothing through the creation and use of block-printing stencils.
- CUT-OUT
Screen-printing workshop
curated by Ruggge
A punk-style workshop for printing on paper by cutting out and layering stencils, having fun mixing imagery and creating ever-new combinations.
- MAKE YOUR OWN CLOTHES
Tailoring and upcycling workshop
organised by Straccetti E Rivoluzione
A creative immersion in the world of tailoring, to learn how to thread and play with a sewing machine, starting with a paper pattern and ending up making a shoulder bag from discarded materials.
- KOMOREBI
Artistic bookbinding workshop
organised by Valeria Puzzovio
A workshop to create an artist’s book, illustrated using the collage technique with an archive of papers, images and words, and hand-bound.
For information and bookings
Send a WhatsApp message
to +39 351 913 7972
or send an email
to info@ilcastellovolante.it
providing your contact details and specifying the name of the workshop you wish to attend.
BAZART – OFFICINE ARTIGIANE is a project by Big Sur in collaboration with Confartigianato Imprese Lecce. As part of the project “Craftsmanship: a driver of economic and social development in the region within a circular economy”, organised by Confartigianato Imprese Lecce under the patronage of the Lecce Chamber of Commerce. The event forms part of the programme for ‘Borgo Volante’, a project by the Municipality of Corigliano d’Otranto carried out in partnership with CoolClub, Big Sur and Multiservice Eco, and funded by the Ministry of Culture – Fund for Development and Cohesion. BAZART is supported by the Puglia Region as part of the “Call for Proposals for the Enhancement of the Puglia Region Info Points – 2024”.
