Home of guadamecí to host new exhibition in November
The work of leather artist Jorge Centofanti is to feature in a new exhibition in the home city of his specialism later this year.
A renowned exponent of guadmecí, the technique of painting onto leather, Mr Centofanti will showcase more than 50 pieces of his work in the place that introduced most of the world to the practice, Córdoba.
The Spanish city’s main exhibition centre, the Palacio de Congresos, will host the display for the whole of the month of November.
Artisans from the Arab world probably brought guadamecí skills to Córdoba in the eighth century. By the eleventh century, the fame of guadamecí craftsmen based in Córdoba had spread to many parts of Europe.
The city’s leather traditions gave the world the word ‘cordovan’, which describes leather made from the shell part of a horse hide. The word ‘cordwainer’, which traditionally meant an artisan who made shoes from new leather, also comes from Córdoba.
