GERARDO PALLADINO, GERRY IN ART! Shoemaker since 1974 
Someone pretends to ignore a lower value, but not just at Eboli Eboli, there are still those who art the true and pure, that dictated by the instincts of passion, that rough and tough ... that of craftsmen, just to be clear, he manages to keep alive the sense of "job"! In this new episode
social introspection in our wonderful city, we will to pay tribute to their category of artisans, who let us not lose the thread of history and to hold at least a modicum of our roots ... .. Eboli, always, was the cradle of so many crafts that made it a point of reference for many visitors and professionals; menders, tailors, blacksmiths, locksmiths, shoemakers, etc., etc .... Eboli were a true citizen of the trades.
To give some recognition to this category so mistreated, we turned to the friendly and well-known shoemaker John Palladino, aka Gerry!
Gerry is one of those that contribute to DOC ebolitani noble society ebolitana, shoemaker for passion, but, especially for cultural transmission from the father, well known local artist, Master Giuseppe Palladino, our friend, we welcome the prince with his motto, "the art and is half m'barat tat" (the art of his father is half knowledge).
His workshop, as we like to call it the charm that this word has, in Via Pio XII is located at number 94, 1982 by Gerry plays themselves this very important job, escaping from a long and fruitful apprenticeship alongside his mentor's natural , Master Joseph, who, even today, continues to pursue a passion, a shoemaker by trade.
In fact, Gerry tells us, that the cobbler is an art which has a well-defined family history Palladino, a history that has led to a handover between father and son very natural. There are so many memories that bind Gerry to his profession, memories that make clear his position of favor with respect to the dynamics of the work of the past, today the technology exists to make the important steps less complicated and shorter, paradoxically, a technology that has disarmed and the charm of that original craftsmanship ... .. However, there are still specific works that our Gerry prefers to do with ancient methods.
In the reflections of our friend craftsman shows a troubling lack of interest addressed to the crafts in general, a underestimation inconceivable that undermines all efforts of those concerned in trying to convey to young people this art, yet the respect for the knowledge of the trades should be ensured that they represented social importance for the territory, but it seems that this aspect are not widely importance.
Once, recalls Gerry, there are some real "challenges" among would-be teachers who saw so many young people involved, to make it even more genuine passion for the "job" will be set up comparisons between children of different territories to which the workshop was commissioned a work that should have passed the examination of the true masters of the time .... A challenge that allowed young people to understand their capabilities and to correct any limits!
no coincidence that our Gerry has mastered the art of reaching sandal in Cava Dei Tirreni one of the greatest masters of the area, Renato Need, Chaim "The Craftsman", but it is not the only point of reference, this In fact, with great humility, Gerardo tells us that you have followed the footsteps of various masters, including Cosimo ebolitano Altieri.
a shoemaker's shop is a veritable house of culture .... This conviction, adds the shoemaker's friend, comes from the large number of human contacts that are reproduced every day in my small room .... "Shoe Barbier, they know it's done and all quarters "(cobblers and barbers, they know all the facts of the neighborhood) ... .. "Shoe cusutur, Fannie and riebet struzzatur pa" (shoemakers and tailors, are debts with interest). A true source of wisdom Gerry stands in all its exposure, would recite many other sayings that have facilitated his understanding of life, but, with great regret, we have to close for lack of introspection this little extra space, then, we give the space enrich us with two more gems that certainly will help us in the future ...
"Every craftsman in his own shop, becomes a God Almighty!"
"To judge a shoe, must be a shoemaker! "
It is no coincidence that so much wisdom in the soul of a true craftsman houses ... they have managed to preserve this modern day hysteria, but this, for many of us, it is entirely conceivable, we do not know wait, we, the glue to dry well and effectively bind the upper to the sole ... .. Gerry Palladino, however, is a master at Eboli, and like him, many other crafts!
Cosimo Avigliano
