Bag Making & Leather Arts

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Italian bags is known for sophisticated designs and top-level quality, represented by numerous top brands such as GUCCI or PRADA, to name a few. Especially in Florence is crowded by leather shops and headquarters of many world-class brands including GUCCI and Salvatore Ferragamo.
Such fame of Italian bags with highest quality are maintained by bag making artisans’ insistence on high-level techniques and quality materials.

In Bag Making major at Accademia Riaci, in the center of Florence, you will learn from skilled Florentine bag making artisans techniques of hand-made bags with the highest quality, made one by one.

Instructors :
Students will lear all the steps of bag making one by one from Florentine bag artisans; rough sketch and design, cutting patterns, cutting leather, skiving, composing, sewing, and edge maneuvering, as well as accessories. Beginners will start from simple objects such as small cases and book covers, and those with experience can make original bags, realizing various bags such as party bags, decoration bags, business bags, travel bags, pocket, pouch, backpack, body bag, etc. according to their period of study and interest.

Bag making Summer Course:
・Bag Making + Shoe Making (4 weeks~)
・Bag Making + Bag Design
・Bag Making Intensive




2 weeks Course Sample Schedule

week day AM PM
1st week Sun. Arrival in Florence
Mon. Orientation, City tour Free time
Tue. Lessons Free time
Wed. Lessons Free time
Thu. Lessons Free time
Fri. Guided art visits Free time
Sat. Cultural Activity
2nd week Sun. Free time
Mon. Lessons Free time
Tue. Lessons Free time
Wed. Lessons Free time
Thu. Lessons Free time
Fri. Guided art visits Free time
Sat. Housing Check-out

Fees and Schedule 2024
(fees - includes accommodation, meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (coffee/tea/mineral water) vouchers per week), and weekly visits, etc.)

Duration Fees (Tuition Fee + Accommodation, etc.) Credits Check-in (Sun) - Check-out (Sat)
1 week € 1,750 (without housing)
€ 1,900 (Twin Room)
€ 2,150 (Single Room)
1 [ 2024 ]
May 5–May 11
May 19–May 25
Jun 2–Jun 8
Jun 16–Jun 22
Jun 30–Jul 6
Jul 14–Jul 20
Jul 28–Aug 3
Aug 25–Aug 31
Sep 8–Sep 14
Sep 22–Sep 28
2 weeks € 2,620 (without housing)
€ 2,900 (Twin Room)
€ 3,200 (Single Room)
3 [ 2024 ]
May 5–May 18
May 19–Jun 1
Jun 2–Jun 15
Jun 16–Jun 29
Jun 30–Jul 13
Jul 14–Jul 27
Jul 28–Aug 10
Aug 25–Sep 7
Sep 8 –Sep 21
Sep 22 –Oct 5
4 weeks € 4,800 (without housing)
€ 5,200 (Twin Room)
€ 5,600 (Single Room)
6 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jun 1
May 19–Jun 15
Jun 2–Jun 29
Jun 16–Jul 13
Jun 30–Jul 27
Jul 14–Aug 10
Aug 25–Sep 21
Sep 8–Oct 5
6 weeks € 6,750 (without housing)
€ 7,350 (Twin Room)
€ 7,950 (Single Room)
9 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jun 15
May 19–Jun 29
Jun 2–Jul 13
Jun 16–Jul 27
Jun 30–Aug 10
Aug 25–Oct 5
8 weeks € 9,000 (without housing)
€ 9,800 (Twin Room)
€ 10,600 (Single Room)
12 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jun 29
May 19–Jul 13
Jun 2–Jul 27
Jun 16–Aug 10
Aug 25–Oct 19
12 weeks € 12,600 (without housing)
€ 13,800 (Twin Room)
€ 15,000 (Single Room)
18 [ 2024 ]
May 5–Jul 27
May 19–Aug 10
Note:
Due to a SUMMER BREAK, the school will be closed from August 10, 2024, to August 25, 2024.

*1 Due to the summer vacation from August 10 - 25, 2024, the duration of this course will be 2 weeks longer than the lesson period. The price is the price of the regular course plus the cost of 2 weeks accommodation.

Including

Enrollment fee, Tuition,
Facilities fee (no materials),
Orientation meeting,
Welcome kit (city map, pen, notebook, file folder, bus pass, one lunch ticket),
Weekly guided art visits to the best attractions and historical monuments of Florence,
Housing: shared apartment – twin room (single room available, also without housing),
Housing utilities expense,
Meal vouchers (2 meal vouchers + 4 drink (coffee/tea/mineral water) vouchers per week),
Cultural trips. Every two weeks (e.g., a trip to Pisa/Siena),
English interpreter during lessons with the teacher

  • Materials for artworks used or consumed individually by students are not included in the fees above.
  • *Lessons are composed of two parts: class led by the instructor and practice time (Independent Study) where students can create freely after the guidance.
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