The story of Ulturale ties is a story of passion and skillful hands. In the 1980s, with Vincenzo Ulturale who grew up in the family’s workshop operating since 1948, the brand became synonymous with elegance. The closure stitch on the back, sewn higher up, the movable ‘friction thread’ that makes the tie incredibly soft, the […]

Pesaro, city of ceramics, houses the secrets of an ancient art that lives on today in the workshop of Tiziano Donzelli. He produces ancient and modern majolica, as well as oil painting and drawing. His passion and his skill led him to develop different decorative techniques and genres: portraits, decorations on large surfaces and custom […]

Francesco Salamanca sells his creations and is renowned the world over, but probably the idea of becoming a master puppeteer came to him when he was a child, and collected empty tin cans between the market stalls to use them to learn the craft. The elderly puppeteer Emilio Musumeci helped him learn his technique and […]

Pierluigi Ghianda, who passed away in 2015, was called “the poet of wood”, for the knowledge, love and respect he had when working with the material. In his workshop, the craftsmen who grew with him create furniture and wooden objects of various kinds, without the use of nails, but skills in creating interlocking joints or […]

Founded in 2018, the Impresa Sociale Magnani Pescia is a young reality, but with solid roots, which retrace the history back to the fifteenth century, bringing back to life a tradition that is also linked to the important Paper Museum of Pescia, promoter of the Company. The workshop is dedicated to the production of hand […]

The Ceramiche Artistiche workshop was born in 1984 from Margherita Giovanna Pilloni’s passion for working with ceramics. Teacher and skilful artisan, she makes objects that are connected with the Oristano tradition, but reinterpreted in a modern key. Beautiful ornaments mainly created under commission from a customer: plates, vases, bowls and many other items made of […]

Il macramè di Marilisa Parodi, imparato da autodidatta, si reinterpreta in creazioni originali ed esclusive, proposte nel laboratorio-bottega Elementerre a Finalborgo. Attraverso gesti sapienti e precisi prendono forma creazioni da indossare, dai semplici orecchini, bracciali o ciondoli a vere e proprie collane-scultura, dove le trame accolgono materiali insoliti o riciclati (come ingranaggi industriali, rame, conchiglie, […]

A stone’s throw from the Cathedral of Lecce, in the courtyard of a charming sixteenth century building, you can admire the beautiful papier maché creations of Rosaria Pallara, expert artisan, who, fully respecting the Lecce tradition, creates statues and objects of various kinds, from the sacred to the profane. Some of her most outstanding pieces, […]

The warping, weaving, finishing processes, everything is done by hand at Antiche tessiture Lucchesi. The experimentation with different fabrics and colors is combined with the use of centuries-old methods and procedures, such as vegetable dyeing. The workshop creates clothes and accessories for men, women and children, as well as furnishing objects and house-hold linen, in […]

Since 1902 Picchiani e Barlacchi have been making artistic medals using traditional techniques: anniversaries, awards and any event can be a pretext for the creation of a small jewel or medal. Recently, the company has been devoting the same craftsmanship and attention to the creation of small accessories and silver jewellery. Everything is designed and […]