Beeswax workshop
Apr
19

Beeswax workshop

Step into the light.

In this intimate, two-hour workshop, we’ll return to one of the oldest rituals of light: hand-dipping candles in pure beeswax. Dip by dip, you’ll shape golden threads of warmth with your own hands — slowly building each layer in rhythm with breath and presence.

We’ll explore the origins of beeswax, how it’s made, and what it means to craft something from nature with patience and care. You’ll learn about bees, their sacred labor, and the beauty of working with wax that holds their memory.

No experience is needed. This is a space for slowing down, for reconnecting, and for crafting with intention.

You’ll leave with a pair of hand-dipped candles — soft, honey-scented, and entirely your own.

Taught in English or Italian, in a small, welcoming group.

2 ore – in inglese o italiano – porta a casa una coppia di candele fatte da te

Vieni a ritrovare il silenzio.

In questo laboratorio intimo di due ore, torniamo a un gesto antico: immergere a mano lo stoppino nella cera d’api pura, un piccolo rituale di luce e presenza. Strato dopo strato, con movimenti lenti e consapevoli, creerai le tue candele a ritmo del respiro.

Parleremo della cera d’api, della sua origine e del significato profondo di lavorare con una sostanza naturale, viva, fatta dal lavoro silenzioso delle api.

Non serve esperienza. Questo è uno spazio per rallentare, per riconnetterti e per creare con intenzione. Porterai a casa una coppia di candele fatte a mano — profumate di miele, uniche, tue.

Il laboratorio si svolge in inglese o italiano, in un gruppo piccolo e accogliente.

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Beeswax workshop
May
3

Beeswax workshop

Step into the light.

In this intimate, two-hour workshop, we’ll return to one of the oldest rituals of light: hand-dipping candles in pure beeswax. Dip by dip, you’ll shape golden threads of warmth with your own hands — slowly building each layer in rhythm with breath and presence.

We’ll explore the origins of beeswax, how it’s made, and what it means to craft something from nature with patience and care. You’ll learn about bees, their sacred labor, and the beauty of working with wax that holds their memory.

No experience is needed. This is a space for slowing down, for reconnecting, and for crafting with intention.

You’ll leave with a pair of hand-dipped candles — soft, honey-scented, and entirely your own.

Taught in English or Italian, in a small, welcoming group.

2 ore – in inglese o italiano – porta a casa una coppia di candele fatte da te

Vieni a ritrovare il silenzio.

In questo laboratorio intimo di due ore, torniamo a un gesto antico: immergere a mano lo stoppino nella cera d’api pura, un piccolo rituale di luce e presenza. Strato dopo strato, con movimenti lenti e consapevoli, creerai le tue candele a ritmo del respiro.

Parleremo della cera d’api, della sua origine e del significato profondo di lavorare con una sostanza naturale, viva, fatta dal lavoro silenzioso delle api.

Non serve esperienza. Questo è uno spazio per rallentare, per riconnetterti e per creare con intenzione. Porterai a casa una coppia di candele fatte a mano — profumate di miele, uniche, tue.

Il laboratorio si svolge in inglese o italiano, in un gruppo piccolo e accogliente.

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Bocca di Valle x Setteuarciate: Mountain Camp
Jun
5
to Jun 11

Bocca di Valle x Setteuarciate: Mountain Camp

Mountain Camp: June 5 - 11, 2026

A week-long retreat for artists and creatives seeking to slow down, breathe deeply, and reconnect—with themselves, with others, and with the rhythms of rural life.

Set across two distinct locations—one tucked within a quiet forest, the other in a medieval mountain town—the Mountain Camp offers space for both solitude and community. Here, participants are invited to engage with the land: put their hands in the soil, witness the process of beekeeping, wander mountain paths and observe local craft practices passed down through generations.

This is not a retreat focused on outcomes, but on presence and process. We will move at the pace of nature, embracing shared rituals, collective experiments, and the creative potential of play, rest, and getting things wrong.

To reserve your spot please email: setteuarciate@gmail.com

Activities will start at 10:00 and end at 16:00 each day so that guests can enjoy unstructured time exploring Bocca di Valle and in the village of Pacentro.

Friday, 5 June – Bocca di Valle

  • Arrival and forest walk in BoccadiValle

  • Introduction circle

  • Welcome dinner at home

Saturday, 6 June – Bocca di Valle

  • Fieldwork: what’s blooming?

  • Time to rest, write, or sketch at BoccadiValle

Sunday, 7 June – Bocca di Valle 

  • Visit to local artisan workshop and town market

  • Lunch in the village, Guardiagrele 

  • Pasta-making workshop – flours of the Majella

  • Convivial dinner at home

Monday, 8 June – Bocca di Valle → Pacentro

  • Morning mountain trek

  • Travel to Pacentro

  • Apericena: what does June taste like?

Tuesday, 9 June – Pacentro

  • Fieldwork: the ecology of mulberries and silk 

  • Time in the setteuarciate studio

Wednesday, 10 June – Pacentro

  • Fieldwork: Beekeeping and sculpture 

  • Time in the setteuarciate studio

Thursday, 11 June – Departure Day

  • Farewell breakfast

  • Departure from Sulmona or Pratola Peligna


What is included?

+ Three nights at BoccadiValle (single room or double room, shared toilets)

+ Three nights in Pacentro (single room or double room with toilet)

+ Three dinners at Boccadivalle

+ One dinner in Pacentro

+ Five midday meals: Mountain cheese, fresh bread, seasonal greens, or a nourishing sandwich

+ Transports — pick up at Chieti Scalo and drop off in Sulmona


Why Abruzzo: 

Abruzzo is one of Italy’s wildest and most unspoiled regions.


Our two residencies are located on opposite sides of the Majella—Abruzzo’s Mother Mountain.
Far from the touristic image of Italy, this mountain offers space for focus, reflection, and embodied practice. Its slow rhythms invite a different kind of attention—one rooted in landscape, silence, and ancestral knowledge.


Here, you’ll experience another Italy: raw, quiet, and astonishing in its natural beauty.


To reserve your spot please email setteuarciate@gmail.com.

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Beeswax workshop
Sep
13

Beeswax workshop

Step into the light.

In this intimate, two-hour workshop, we’ll return to one of the oldest rituals of light: hand-dipping candles in pure beeswax. Dip by dip, you’ll shape golden threads of warmth with your own hands — slowly building each layer in rhythm with breath and presence.

We’ll explore the origins of beeswax, how it’s made, and what it means to craft something from nature with patience and care. You’ll learn about bees, their sacred labor, and the beauty of working with wax that holds their memory.

No experience is needed. This is a space for slowing down, for reconnecting, and for crafting with intention.

You’ll leave with a pair of hand-dipped candles — soft, honey-scented, and entirely your own.

Taught in English or Italian, in a small, welcoming group.

2 ore – in inglese o italiano – porta a casa una coppia di candele fatte da te

Vieni a ritrovare il silenzio.

In questo laboratorio intimo di due ore, torniamo a un gesto antico: immergere a mano lo stoppino nella cera d’api pura, un piccolo rituale di luce e presenza. Strato dopo strato, con movimenti lenti e consapevoli, creerai le tue candele a ritmo del respiro.

Parleremo della cera d’api, della sua origine e del significato profondo di lavorare con una sostanza naturale, viva, fatta dal lavoro silenzioso delle api.

Non serve esperienza. Questo è uno spazio per rallentare, per riconnetterti e per creare con intenzione. Porterai a casa una coppia di candele fatte a mano — profumate di miele, uniche, tue.

Il laboratorio si svolge in inglese o italiano, in un gruppo piccolo e accogliente.

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