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 Lorenzo de’ Medici is proud to announce the recent participation of Prof. Fabrizio Acquafresca in the recent Masters Symposium 2009, held by Revere Academy of Jewerly Arts in San Francisco. There, Acquafresca, along with other prominent figures in the field of Jewelry Arts, such as David Yurman, Christo Kiffer, Kent Raible, Bernd Munsteiner and Michael Good, held weekly workshops focusing on specific techniques pertaining to their individual expertise.
Fabrizio Acquafresca, a native of Tuscany, started work in a small custom jewelry workshop, immediately showing talent and a strong sense of originality. He could not wait to discover new art expressions and techniques, and after two years he was hired by a famous Florentine silver artisan, Brandimarte, to work in his workshop. There, Acquafresca learned a variety of techniques and processes, from fusion to soldering and from polishing to chisel. It was mostly in chasing and repousse, however, that he expressed his art to the highest quality. The years spent working with silver using the chiaroscuro concept (shading) led Acquafresca to a new step in his artistic experience: Charcoal. He prefers working with natural materials such as wood, charcoal, and light. With these new elements he re-discovered shades similar to those with his silver works, using light to accentuate the chiaroscuro effect. Today Fabrizio Acquafresca works both independently and on commission. He continues to collaborate with workshops in Florence, as well as draws, paints, writes, and teaches Jewelry Arts courses at art schools in both Europe and the United States.
At LdM Florence, Fabrizio Acquafresca regularly teaches courses in both Chasing and Repousse, as well as Works in Relief (both held in English). For more information on Acquafresca himself, please click here. To learn more about LdM’s Jewerly Design Department in which Acquafresca works, please visit our Jewelry Design Blog.
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