Crafts for the Senses 2025

3 - 5 October 2025

Maretsch Castle, Bolzano

Craft in all its diversity

“Le Savoir-faire” brings the excellence of European craftsmanship to life. Precision, passion and tradition come together with innovation and contemporary design.

Visitors immerse themselves in a world where craft can be experienced with all the senses: seeing, touching, tasting and smelling. Ceramicists, glass artists, textile designers, hand weavers, goldsmiths, winemakers, distillers and chocolatiers present their skills and bring their work to life.

Behind every object there is a person: independent artisans and manufacturers united by their passion and their wide variety of personalities. Exquisite objects, rare materials and masterful techniques are at the heart of this event.

The setting of the Renaissance castle of Maretsch in the heart of Bolzano gives the event a unique backdrop. Surrounded by vineyards and historic architecture, it creates an exclusive scenery that brings tradition and the present together in perfect harmony.

Details

Date

3 - 5 October 2025

Venue

Maretsch Castle, Bolzano

Opening hours

Fri, 3 Oct | 15:00 - 19:00 Sat, 4 Oct | 10:00 - 19:00 Sun, 5 Oct | 10:00 - 18:00

Tickets

€10

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Special exhibition

Mykobütten: handmade paper from fungi

In her pioneering artistic work, Tanja Major explores the hidden world of fungi and transforms it into sustainable, compostable paper: Mykobütten. Made entirely from fungi, without any wood cellulose, her works make the cycles of nature tangible.

Inspired by traditional papermaking techniques such as washi and expanded through her own experiments with bracket fungi, turkey tail and gilled mushrooms, she creates a material that makes transience, change and connection visible. Her artworks are a call to rethink and protect our relationship with nature.