New episode with Alvisé Boccanegra: Venice — A floating miracle
Our latest episode is out now
Listen to Alvisé Boccanegra: Venice — A floating miracle
In the third of our Venice series, Mike and I are meeting furniture restorer Alvisé Boccanegra who trained in restoration in the workshops of the Church of San Marco. He tells how he repaired a crucifix after Venice flooded in 2019.
Alvisé Boccanegra, 2022
Alvisé’s workshop is in the heart of San Polo on the ground floor of the building where he was born. Inside it smells of wood and linseed oil and there are neat shelves of brightly coloured powdered paints and a large selection of jam jars with oils and waxes.
Over the years Alvisé has collected samples of wood which he keeps in his wood library. This helps him compare the density, and other features, of different woods from all over the world and understand better how to work with them.
Alvisé tells of a very special project restoring a crucifix – a masterpiece by Guiseppe Torretti – which was found floating around the church of San Moisè after the aqua alta (high water) of November 2019.
Episode 41 – Alvisé Boccanegra: Venice — A floating miracle
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Enjoy listening.
Sarah Monk
producer, Materially Speaking