The heir to a family of master blacksmiths for three generations, Filippo Quochi boasts a twenty-year experience in the iron-working field. His accurately detailed work and creative skills have transformed a job into an art form. He creates beautiful sculptures featuring plays of symmetry and balance and a great sense of proportion and beauty. Portions […]

Annangela Lovallo was born in 1959. She inherited her passion for embroidery from her mother, who was already a highly appreciated embroiderer. In 1988, she opened an embroidery workshop, Il Filo di Arianna, specializing in painting with a needle and embroidery of miniatures. Here precious works come together and delicately blend, threads and refined elements […]

After having studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia and trained at Guido Montanari’s workshop in Deruta, Maria Antonietta Taticchi devoted herself to the creation of one-of-a-kind pieces, promotion of ceramic-making and of her hometown. She was awarded public recognition and has had her works shown across the world. A visit to her […]

A wide range of silverware such as bowls, candlesticks and sugar dispensers, made according to Florence’s artisan traditions, and a comprehensive line-up of traditional Jewish objects. Situated in the magical Sdrucciolo de’ Pitti, Argenteria Donato Zaccaro was founded as a craft workshop in 1969 and has since expanded its production, making items in 800 and […]

Born and raised amidst knitting needles, crochet hooks and balls of wool, Rita Bochicchio turned the passion for yarns that she inherited from her mother into a business. She trained with Graziella Guidotti, a famous expert in Italian textile culture. All the weaving is done on manual looms but, in addition to the use of […]

Algranti Lab is the studio-atelier founded in 1997 by Costanza Algranti, a sophisticated “recycling designer”, now run by Pietro Algranti. Furniture and custom-made pieces created by using recovery materials. There is only one secret: the full comprehension of the material’s potential and being able to transform the material without distorting its nature. Wood, iron, copper and aluminum […]

With five generations of family expertise behind him, Roberto Ziranu is a true expert in hand-crafting metals. His works have the technical perfection of one who knows all the secrets of this profession. However, at the same time, they are striking for their creativity and innovation. All the processes are done by hand, the techniques […]

The shop was started in 1948 and it soon became the symbol of classic Florentine luxury jewelry. Then came the encounter with Japanese fashion, with the destructuring of shapes and with design and sculpture as sources of inspiration. What does an object mean? The message deeply rooted in ancient jewelry is delivered by Claudio Ranfagni’s […]

The workshop is currently restoring artwork for Florence’s Opera del Duomo Museum and about thirty of the Basilica’s stained-glass windows have been restored by the workshop’s highly experienced and skillful artisans. Not only does the workshop take care of precious artwork, but has a number of private customers and produces new stained-glass windows, both big […]

Andrea Di Maio is a skilled constructor of Arpicordi (harpsichords) and antique keyboard instruments. Each instrument is created entirely by the author, from design to decoration and, even if made following the European traditions, is never an exact copy of a precise historical instrument. To understand the care and professionalism that Di Maio puts into […]