As a stage and screen actor, Stefano Nicolao developed such a passion for costumes that, in 1980, he started his own workshop which has become, over time, very popular with major theatres all over the world and international filmmaking productions. Clothing, linens, headgear, cloaks… fabulous costumes featured in prestigious collections such as at New York’s […]

In her workshop just steps away from the beautiful Duomo of Orvieto, ceramist Anna Spallaccia creates perfect and sophisticated replicas of items made in the area in the Middle Ages, in particular, between the 1200s and 1300s: plates, glasses, jugs, vases, cups decorated with subjects (kings and queens, animals, acanthus…) and colors (manganese and copper […]

A small family-run workshop in Ragusa dedicated to the creation of artistic bijoux combining the beauty of hand-painted ceramics with lava from Mount Etna and gemstones, expertly united by the skilled hands of designer Marinella Stornello. BaroccOro Jewels stands, first of all, for tradition: that all-Sicilian knowledge of the majolica of Caltagirone, an artistic heritage […]

Bettanin e Venturi is a family craft business now in its fifth generation: started as a saddlery maker in the 1800s, the workshop then specialized in custom-made shoes and, in the ‘60s-70s, it expanded and diversified into a more structured business. The company produces mostly men’s shoes and, as an exception, women’s shoes if inspired […]

Restoring works of art requires perhaps even more sensitivity, skill and patience than creating them. Pia Virgilio specializes in aesthetic and preservative restoration of terracotta, majolica, porcelain and biscuit objects, stoneware and enameled metal. After having studied at the famous Ballardini Institute of Faenza (a land known for its long-standing pottery-making tradition), Pia began working […]

The ancient art of working with coral is combined with modern creativity in the laboratory of two young coral craftspeople in Trapani, Giusi Damiano and Alfonso Graffeo. In this workshop, one can rediscover traditional techniques that have been proven over centuries of the coral-making tradition in Trapani. It is jewelry, but they also make cribs […]

The Pipa Castello brand has always stood for quality. It was established in 1935 by Carlo Scotti. This is not merely a machine-produced smoking tool, but a valuable artisan piece that takes on a great artistic value, that can satisfy the senses of sight, touch and even taste. The pipe becomes the “jewel for men […]

Master of the decorative art of porcelain, since 1974 Lucciano Landi has been running his own ceramic art studio in a picturesque corner of a timeless Florence, where he experiments techniques and materials. Watching him, it is impossible not to be captivated by the emotional spell of the workshop where the artist appears to speak […]

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 artisan workshop Legatoria Artistica was born in 1982 from the passion for paper of two sisters, Patrizia and Angela Gronchi. Great attention is paid to the choice of materials, first of all a special paper made by capturing among the fibers flowers and other elements offered by nature. With these precious papers unique objects […]