Living Table | Workshops for children
May 24th, from 10.30 am to 5.30 pm | Building B4
Manifattura Tabacchi hosts Living Table, an artistic practice created by Susanna Stigler. Two workshops for children are scheduled throughout the day
On Saturday, May 24th, Living Table comes to life at Manifattura Tabacchi with two workshops: Ninfee origami e il mondo acquatico dell’Officina Botanica led by Peggy in Florence and Susanna Stigler, and Carta che vola! led by Floor Robert.
Living Table is an artistic practice by scenographer, photographer, and visual artist Susanna Stigler. The project stems from the desire to create a performative and shared space where people can come together and, through making, give concrete and poetic form to stories and selected themes.
PROGRAM
10.30 am – 12.30 pm
Ninfee origami e il mondo acquatico dell’Officina Botanica Workshop led by Peggy in Florence & Susanna Stigler.
Let’s explore origami techniques and learn how to create beautiful water lilies with Peggy in Florence. We’ll craft paper flowers and let them bloom in the aquatic tanks of the Officina Botanica (on the rooftop of Building B11 at Manifattura Tabacchi), discovering and listening to stories about nature and the wonders of the aquatic world with Susanna.
Workshop for families with children ages 6 and up, accompanied.
Booking required: peggyinflorence@gmail.com
Max 20 participants, free participation
3.30 pm – 5.30 pm
Carta che vola!
Workshop led by Floor Robert
A creative, hands-on recycling workshop for children ages 6 to 10, accompanied. We’ll transform cardboard into flying creatures. What do we need? Cardboard, scissors, paintbrushes, a few color—and a lot of imagination. All materials will be provided on site, but the creativity is up to you.
Workshop for families with children ages 6 and up, accompanied.
Booking required: floorobert@hotmail.it
Max 20 participants, free participation
Living Table doesn’t begin and end with the morning and afternoon workshops: the table is a space that’s always alive and open! You’ll find a wide range of repurposed materials waiting to be transformed by your hands—sourced from local print shops and neighborhood markets. With simple instructions, you can create origami even outside the workshops using the available papers. Alongside you, little previews of the day’s workshops: paper birds ready to take flight and freshly bloomed flowers soaking up the sun.