Carterìa ai Frari 
Carterìa ai Frari - Cartìzzi
© Elisabetta Casaburi
The objects conceived and made by Elisabetta Casaburi and by Carterìa ai Frari
Carterìa ai Frari - Cartìzzi
© Elisabetta Casaburi
Cartìzzi Collection
Cartìzzi Collection
Cartìzzi Collection
Cartìzzi Collection
Cartìzzi Collection
The objects conceived and made by Elisabetta Casaburi and by Carterìa ai Frari
Paper sings, trembles, transforms itself, changes color and shape. Lunar paper, cane paper, paper leather. Short, long, white in its whiteness or bright red, blue like the sky and black like night, paper with flowers and many other colors
The leather touches, it smells. We have sympathies or hate each other. The leather is beautiful when it ages naturally. Skin against leather must be a pleasure to touch, to feel, to see. All sensations and sense involvement
Gift: a small present that resists the future and comes from the common past, a memory, an act, a movement that reminded us, that made us think about what we know about a person or what someone inspires you. The important thing is to think of this someone and not themselves..
The Carterìa ai Frari address is San Polo 2954, in the historical center of Venice, just few steps far from the very famous Frari Church and the S. Rocco School
In January Carterìa opens from 10.00 to 12.30 (closed on Sundays). Being an artisan workshop, it may sometimes be closed. Try ringing the bell or ask for information on +39 041 5242619 or by e-mail: info@carteriaaifrari.it
Founded in 2008, Carterìa ai Frari uses high quality materials and traditional techniques, dating back to the Venetian binding of the fifteenth century, to produce his notebooks, albums and diaries.
Passion and competence together with entirely handmade processes are a guarantee of quality and authenticity that make each product unique.
The Carterìa ai Frari address is Calle Larga 2954, San Polo district, in the historical center of Venice, just few steps far from the very famous Frari Church and the S. Rocco School. The closest motorboat stop is San Tomà (just one minute walking); both the railway station and the Piazzale Roma car-bus terminal are ten minutes walking away.
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