Day 3 – May 26:
On this warm and sunny Tuesday Louise Fili’s type and food workshop participants took a “traghetto” across the canal to the Rialto market, where they scarfed up orange wrappers and other labels for their respective guidebook projects. Sharks and squid ink were found at the bustling mercato de pesce. A spice shop was also on the agenda, then a jaunt to Gianni Basso’s Venetian letterpress shop where students viewed the printing of a card on press, and held wood and metal fonts. Basso also showed samples of work printed for the variegated likes of Paul Rand, Danielle Steele and Joseph Brodsky. From there Fili held out the option of a brief lecture back at the Fondazione Claudio Buziol or a class at a gelateria on the Fondemente Nove – they opted for the creamy confection.
