Felice Antonio Botta Biography
Felice Botta was born in Florence in 1931 and from a young age he undertook the art of craftsmanship. He received his training at the Art Institute of Florence, led by the renowned xylographer Pietro Parigi. His search for the "truth of the simple" led him to appreciate modest materials, especially recycled ones, such as beached wood or recycled paper. Using these resources, he created sculptures that took him far from his hometown: from Tokyo in the 1980s to New York in the early 1990s, from the Milan Triennale to his nomination for the Compasso d'Oro in 1970.
Among his most recent results there are also the famous "Artist's stamps", used as letter closures, as personal logos, ex-libris, to send greetings or to create bookmarks. In his "Interno 9" atelier in Bagno a Ripoli, Felice Botta also created t-shirts, bags, aprons, notebooks, telephone books, diaries, photo albums and diaries, using recycled paper or hand-printed with the star press technique , in addition to the woodcuts. His wealth of artisanal knowledge was very broad.
