After years of experience in television and film, and later in collaboration with major directors and directors of photography, Luca Riccioni opened Kinoki Studio in 1994, in Civitavecchia. Specializing in corporate and ceremony photography, he simultaneously pursued these two sectors with his own way of seeing, recounting factories, people, objects, but also stories. Since the […]

Lamberto Bartolozzi was born and raised in the environment of saddle-making. In his workshop, he continues to pursue an old and valuable family tradition. The art of working leather requires great experience and dedication. His grandfather Giuseppe was the first to work in this profession, and today Lamberto has expanded production by creating, as well […]

Balbi Art Glass is a glass workshop where stemware, jewellery, sculptures and decorative glass objects are made, but also a real art gallery exhibiting creations by other artists, whether working in glass or not, a tribute to the true essence of high-quality Venetian craftsmanship. This is the realm of Igor Balbi, inventor of the a […]

Loretta Caponi opened her boutique-workshop in Florence in 1967, but the passion for embroidery had accompanied her since she was 9 years old. Since then, Caponi creations have been appreciated by thousands of families, some famous, from the Rockefellers to the Kennedys, many simply lovers of excellence. Today in the boutique there are over ten […]

La Tela began as a workshop that produced handcrafted artistic fabrics of the highest quality. Now it is also home to an interesting museum and training courses, aimed at preserving the memory of the art of weaving. Inside is possible find textiles designed with style and creativity by two artisans and teachers, Patrizia Ginesi and Maria […]

A graduate in alabaster art and restoration, Silvia Provvedi has been dedicated for more than 20 years to the creation of amazing sculptures and delicate fretwork, in a welcoming environment where one can admire traditional working techniques, from conception to finished work. In addition to creating custom works and unique pieces, Silvia is committed to […]

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 […]

The aristocratic and master ceramic-maker from Palermo Giovanni De Simone stood out among other local artisans for his ability in combining artwork, inspired by artists of the caliber of Picasso, Matisse, Leger and Klee, and the Sicilian pottery tradition. The current owners have been pursuing the workshop founder’s philosophy from the outset: creativity and quality, […]

Pelletteria Artigiana Viviani has roots in the great Florentine artisan tradition of leather-making. Renato Viviani opened his workshop and boutique in the centre of Florence in 1965 after spending years mastering his craft, first in Guccio Gucci’s workshop in the 1920s and later in Buenos Aires in the ‘30s, ‘40s and ‘50s, where he became […]

Founded in 1857 by the Sbigoli family and carried on by the Adami family, this old artisan workshop produces a vast range of ceramics following the ancient Tuscan artisan tradition of majolica, terracotta which is glazed and embellished with Renaissance and medieval decorations. The family Adami, particularly mother Antonella and daughter Lorenza, are still dedicated […]