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Volterra, Italy

Two workshops, starting on the 7th of June and the 13th of September, offer the opportunity to work alabaster, a very ductile stone.

Global Stone Workshop® operates in co-operation with Escaia Srl, a family owned company that runs an alabaster quarry with top quality stone, a farm and an alabaster laboratory in the town of Volterra. The town, built on a mountaintop, is in the region of Tuscany, midway between Florence and Pisa.

Alabaster, a type of crystalline gypsum, has been worked for thousands of years in this region. The Etruscans have left many artefacts, figurines and urns made of this material, valued for its translucency.

Participants to these workshops will be able to choose the stone directly from the quarry and work it at the farm or at the laboratory.


		Alabaster Workshops in Volterra, Italy Maximum 10 participants Global Stone Workshop™ leases five apartments at the Escaia farm, which can accommodate a maximum of 14 guests. The rooms have been completely renovated, and each apartment has one bathroom, dining -room and kitchen. The farm, which is located in a splendid valley, isolated from traffic, 11 km. from Volterra, features a swimming pool, and is surrounded by 200 hectares of fields, woods and bush. Artists are free to work at the farmhouse where they lodge, using the equipment available there. There is a surcharge of EU 50/week for those who want to work at the laboratory in Volterra. The cost of the workshop including hand tools, one medium size alabaster block and a bed accommodation in a double- occupancy room is EU 435/week.				Escaia


						Alabaster quarry