The creations by Dalla Lidia Merletti d’Arte are all handmade, according to the magnificent Burano tradition dating back to the sixteenth century. Linens, from tablecloths to doilies, from handkerchiefs to breakfast sets and bedlinen. But also womenswear and childrenswear. Everything is made to measure, in order to make everyday life and special events, such as […]

Passionately fond of the art of ceramic-making since he was a child, Elvio Sagnella works in this workshop with the help of experienced assistants. The winner of the International Tradition and Innovation Competition held in Ascoli Piceno in 2009, Sagnella is a versatile and passionate artisan. Inspired by the eighteenth-century tradition of Certaldo and San […]

In Paolucci’s workshop, one can still smell the odours and hear the sounds that up until 10 or so years ago were typical of the city of Frosolone, where the art of forging has very distant origins. Experience has been handed down from father to son, and makes it possible for them to produce the […]

Just as the Etruscans, of whom Volterra was one of the main city-states, did millennia ago, and just as his father, who opened the workshop in the late 1940s, did, so Spartaco Montagnani in his workshop in the heart of the historic center makes finely crafted cast bronze figurines. Reproductions of Etruscan art, including the […]

A young luthier from Cremona, the land of the art of making stringed instruments, Lucas Fabro soon developed a passion for this art, in particular, for the physics of instruments and its importance in acoustics. At his workshop, he makes violins, violas and cellos, both modern and baroque-style, from scratch taking personally care of every […]

The heritage of Pino Signoretto, author of sculptures exhibited in important museums around the world, began to work around the glass kiln when he was just 9 years of age and he immediately loved glass and its world. In his long career, he has collaborated with important artists and architects such as Picasso, Dalì, Vedova, […]

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 […]

Swiss by birth but Pratese by adoption, the female painter known under the name of Lauraballa bursts with energy and ideas. Her delicate, dream-like, fairy-tale style creations lead you into another dimension, where a staircase climbs all the way up to the moon and two lovers fly hand in hand. She uses various techniques and […]

Located in the lovely Montemagno, near Lucca, M.G. Arredamenti  is a small workshop owned by Giovanni Morelli, where wood is transformed into custom pieces of the  highest craftsmanship, which is a rare find in today’s world. With the collaboration of architects and designers, this workshop creates furnishing and home decor pieces unique of their kind […]

Earth, pigments, fire and skilled hands. This is the secret of Virginia Casa’s factory, from which come from over forty ceramic objects for furnishing the home and setting the table. So many lines, from country chic to classic and neoclassic styles, from baroque to minimalism, all made with the manual techniques of the ancient art […]