Libri Finti Clandestini x Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro

Three new workshops signed Libri Finti Clandestini to try in the Studio of Arnaldo Pomodoro

Three new bookbinding and papermaking workshops created in collaboration with Libri Finti Clandestini

From October 2024 to June 2025 the Foundation opens to the public with Open Studio #3 | Arnaldo Pomodoro. La Sfera.

Third appointment of Open Studio, the series of exhibitions set up in the spaces of Arnaldo Pomodoro's Studio, through which the Foundation delves into and rediscovers works or moments of the artist's journey. This new chapter of Open Studio focuses on the Sphere, the most iconic form of Arnaldo Pomodoro's production, which will be explored, analyzed, and reinterpreted from multiple perspectives.

Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro in collaboration with the artistic collective Libri Finti Clandestini designed NEW WORKSHOPS to try bookbinding and papermaking techniques ispide by the exhibition Open Studio #3 | Arnaldo Pomodoro. La Sfera.

Papermaking workshop

X BOOK

Create a minibook which is also a miniposter

Let's build a minibook through a thoughtful use of multiple folds made by hand with a single sheet of paper and decorate it, taking inspiration from the works present in Arnaldo Pomodoro's Studio. We can leaf through it page by page once folded or keep it open like a small poster: so much magic between our fingers...

Materials: sheet of paper, scissors
Technique paper handling, folds, small cuts
Purpose: learn simple papermaking techniques

For Family 3-5 y.o

For nursery school

Papermaking workshop

POP-UP

Let's build a POP-UP card or leporello through some Kirigami mechanisms

Inspired by the works present in Arnaldo Pomodoro's Studio, we create a card or a pop-up leporello using the oriental technique of carving and folding Kirigami paper to obtain three-dimensional shapes and give life to "animated" subjects.

Materials: paper, scissors, glue
Technique paper handling, folds, small cuts, collage
Finalità: learn simple papermaking techniques
Procedimento: each participant has their own workstation and creates their own product

For Family 6-11 y.o

For primary schools

For middle schools

Papermaking laboratory

UN SEDICESIMO

Let's build a hand-bound notebook with a needle and thread

Realizziamo un libretto, che tecnicamente si chiama “Sedicesimo” ed è costituito da una serie di fogli assemblati e da una copertina elaborata. Rileghiamo e infine illustriamo con timbri, matrici e altri supporti messi a disposizione, facendoci ispirare dalle opere presenti in studio.

Materials: paper, scissors, glue, pencils, markers, stamps, various materials, needle and thread
Medium: paper handling, folding, small cuts, collage, binding
Purpose: learn simple techniques of paper crafting and bookbinding.
Method: each participant has their own workstation and creates their own craft.

For young people and adults

For High Schools