Fabbrica delle candele is a dynamic workshop which thrives on the owner’s passion for a special material, wax, from which delicate and elaborate furnishing objects are made. There are two main product lines: Baroque-style candles and lucide follie, wax-treated flowers covered with vegetable resin. Original and elegant design objects, an idea patented by Anna Raddavero, […]

Marco Castellini today is the only artisan papermaker to carry on the tradition of Toscolano, an ancient Italian papermaking hub of 14th-century origin. His activity takes place in the “MC Paper” paper workshop located in Via Trento, the historic center of Toscolano Maderno on Lake Garda, where he produces handmade papers daily. In his papers […]

Angelo Raffaele Andrulli is a skillful luthier who makes and repairs by hand string instruments (violins, violas and cellos) and related accessories, such as chin rests (made with wooden materials, mostly maple-wood and olive-wood from the Matera and Altamura areas), tailpieces and tuning pegs. Instruments of the highest craftsmanship decorated, on request,  with elaborate bas-reliefs, […]

Andrea Branciforti describes his workshop, where he creates furniture, tableware and lava stone coverings, as a place of cross-genre creativity. A forty-year experience in the field combined with the use of centuries-old traditions. Artists, designers, customers and friends, all leave a sign of their passage, in particular, in the modern collection, produced under the brand […]

The year 2015 marks an important anniversary: 120 years of business since David Berti started production in 1895. Today, both the passion and the craftsmanship remain unchanged. But the knives made by Coltellerie Berti are not only handmade but also unique: there is only one knife maker who leaves his initials on the blade, to […]

Mazzanti Piume has been creating elegant feather accessories and ornaments since 1935, by using the same traditional methods for three generations. In the 1940s, the atelier began working with the great names of fashion design and hat-making of the time. And it still creates handmade feather items for famous fashion designers such as Chanel, Balenciaga, […]

Edoardo Pestelli began business as a jeweller in Florence in 1908, and boasted customers such as the House of Savoy, the Viceroy of Egypt and Romanian royalty. Today, the work is carried on by Tommaso Pestelli and his wife Eva. Everything that one finds in the shop is crafted by hand after an original design […]

Glassworks Eugenio Ferro has been producing artistic glassware since 1929, by using the sophisticated techniques introduced by the company’s founders, Eugenio Ferro and Giovanni Lazzarini. Currently run by their heirs, the company produces modern-style and traditional artistic glassware and mosaic glass. These one-of-a-kind pieces are made by three master glass-makers, heirs to local Murano families, […]

This workshop practices an art born in France in the 1800s, which soon became popular across Europe, especially among the aristocrats:  wig making. Started in 1936, Paride, which has been elevated to the status of Historic Shop of Milan, creates custom-made items by using only natural hair of the highest quality: wigs, hairpieces and extensions, […]

Emilio Marchesini’s workshop creates sacred and modern-style silverware, even customized to the client’s specifications. Traditional processing methods are combined with creativity and use of modern technology. Emilio Marchesini is also passionately committed to teaching, in order to hand down this precious art to the new generations.