Venetian Mask Making Workshop: Craft Your Unique Paper Mache Mask
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9 Ratings
Venezia
Unleash your creativity and immerse yourself in the art of Venetian mask making. Craft your own unique paper mache mask in this engaging workshop and learn the techniques of decoration using fabric, colors, crystals, gold leaf, and feathers. Join us for two days of pure magic!
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Calle de le Erbe, 6423A - Immerse yourself in the art of mask-making and become a ‘mascarer’ by crafting your very own mask!\nOur workshop offers you the opportunity to fashion a unique souvenir to take back with you. Experience the allure of slicing and molding paper using age-old stone forms. Under the guidance of a skilled artisan, you’ll transform simple paper pieces into an exquisite mask. Revel in the enchantment of handcrafting. We’ll instruct you on how to embellish your mask with the same techniques and materials we use, including fabric, paint, Swarovski crystals, gold leaf, and feathers.\nDedicate two hours to the spellbinding process and feel the pride of proclaiming, \
What's Included
  • Paper machè
  • Molds
  • Water
  • Vegetable glue
  • Waterbase colors
  • Brushes
Additional Information

Embrace the journey… become a “mask-maker” and produce your own mask! Our studio provides an opportunity to craft your unique piece to take home. Experience the allure of cutting and moulding paper in traditional stone moulds. Benefit from the guidance of our expert artisan as you transform ordinary paper fragments into a mask. Revel in the enchantment of manually crafting. We’ll instruct you on embellishing your mask with the methodologies and supplies we employ. Your authentic papier-mâché foundation will transform into your personal work of art. Utilise textiles, hues, Swarovski crystals, gold foil, and feathers. … It’s a magical two-hour session that will leave you with a sense of accomplishment, confidently boasting…”I crafted this !!!

The mask-making process will span over two days. On the initial day, you will construct your mask over a time frame of two hours. The following day, you’ll spend another two hours adorning it!

  • On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
Location
Calle de le Erbe, 6423A
Calle de le Erbe
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Nelleke_v
May 1, 2022
Making our own mask - Very nice workshop to do. Very friendly people also! Good vibe...we liked it a lot, had a lot of fun too!
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Theresa_s
Sep 17, 2021
So much fun - I had a great time. The instructions were clear and easy to follow. Everyone was so nice. The options were endless. I definitely would go back again
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Gumblejack
Jul 30, 2020
Genuine Venetian Craftwork, Genuine People - Just over a year ago, in April, I was married in Venice. We travelled around Europe for two months but one of the most wonderful moments in all my journey was the few hours I spent over two days making a mask at Sogno Veneziano Atelier. My wife bought this for me as a present, knowing my love for masks and ancient crafts, and it one of the best and most thoughtful presents as ever I have received. The mask I made is the one I'm wearing in the picture attached. Not only was the two day short course enjoyable and enriching, sending me away with the basis of a whole new skill, the staff were joyous people whom it was lovely to meet. I remained with Ektor and Igor (sorry if the spelling is wrong) and the two wonderful women also working there that day (whose names escape me now, a year later, also very sorry) for hours after my allotted time a they helped me finish touches on my mask, helped me practice my vestigial Venetian language skills, and regaled me with the philosophy and history of Venice. Igor spoke with me at length about his appreciation for true tourists who wanted to experience the life blood of his city and how he never wanted to treat tourists as a 'cash machine,' as some other tourist experiences may wish to do. This is one of the few genuine mask shops left in Venice that use no pre-made parts or plastics or shortcuts. My only regret is that it has taken me so long to get around to writing this review. I'll also add that this has been a hard year for Venice, with floods, plague, and the damage of cruise ships. Please, if you have time now or in the future, support genuine Venetian businesses such as this one. You will feel like you have really touched something close to the heart of one of the most beautiful cities on Earth.
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