For over thirty years, Ceramiche Pierluca has embodied the very best of the celebrated tradition of Albissola Marina, which has long been a place of creativity and passion for art and love of beauty. Founded in 1989, Ceramiche Pierluca has retained its strong ties with and respect for this tradition, combining this with its own […]

A true artisan workshop with a strong Renaissance atmosphere. Nerdi Orafi has been housed in the Casa dell’Orafo on the Ponte Vecchio, where the Medici Family chose to gather all Florentine goldsmiths, since 1948. In addition to restoration works, this magical place creates custom-made jewelry, engraving on precious metals, seals and coats of arms. Sketches […]

A small company that carries on the woodworking tradition of the Valle d’Aosta. This tradition is respected not only in the techniques used in the workshop, found in the village of Introd, but also in the objects produced: Les Amis du Bois is, in fact, specialized in making wooden objects and, in particular, in the […]

In the fourteenth-century house, Torre dei Sapiti, in a workshop with barrel-vaulted ceilings, carved capitals and walls of exposed stone, is the workshop of Paolo Pagliai, silversmith and restorer, heir of a family that has been working at this craft in the Oltrarno area since 1930. His workshop is a reference point for antique dealers, […]

The Sartoria Molvissimo was born in Martina Franca, a land of traditions and culture. Here, since 1940, hand-made and tailored garments are made, thanks to the family’s decades of experience. Only fabrics of excellent quality, selected with care and skill from the best of the most prestigious Italian textiles, are used. Jackets, wedding dresses, shirts, […]

A studio-workshop that works with and experiments in the field of the mosaic, conceived as contemporary art in its many forms. Together with their collaborators, Mohamed and Laura Chabarik Carraro, both outside lecturers at the Mosaic School of Friuli, create works with materials and techniques of various types. Their work is always unique and artisan, and […]

First Paul Maselli in 1955, and for the last 37 years his son Gabriele, have been creating frames for customers in his workshop, in the heart of Florence, where you can choose from about 600 models. But this wide range of products does not exhaust Bottega d’Arte’s ability to fulfil private customers’ requests as well […]

The location is in the San Polo neighborhood, near Campo San Tomà, the Basilica dei Frari and Scuola Grande di San Rocco. A skilfull engraver and restorer, Bruno Barbon is one of the few artisans who has mastered the art and technique of engraving the famous Venetian moretti. In addition to these jewels, Barbon also […]

After years of training as a cutter and tailor in his hometown, Giuseppe Seminara started his first shop in Florence, which was then moved to the current premises downtown, in Via de’ Calzaiuoli. Today, his son Gianni runs the tailor’s shop. The fabrics are all carefully selected. Once the measurements are taken, the geometrical pattern […]

Majolica stoves and artistic ceramics since 1760: this is the craft carried on by the Kunter family according to traditional artisan techniques, with which they create one-of-a-kind pieces. They currently offer over one hundred hand-printed tiles, in the most varied styles handed down from one generation to the next. Typical artistic and decorative ceramics and […]