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 […]

Santino Merico has been working in his Lecce workshop since 1982. There he creates sacred figures, performs restoration work and creates various objects. He makes his pieces on a base, a mannequin made of straw and iron, then covers it in papier maché and delicately paints it. Together with the wide range of products already […]

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 […]

The heir to a family of master blacksmiths for three generations, Filippo Quochi boasts a twenty-year experience in the iron-working field. His accurately detailed work and creative skills have transformed a job into an art form. He creates beautiful sculptures featuring plays of symmetry and balance and a great sense of proportion and beauty. Portions […]

The perfect Italian shoe: this is the ambitious goal that Stefano Bemer set himself in 1983 when he started his business in the heart of Florence. And indeed, this brand of men’s shoes, made by hand, have become synonymous with quality and excellence, and, even today, after the untimely death of Stefano, Tommaso Melani carries […]

Le Sibille was born out of the skill and passion of three young women- Camilla Bronzini, Francesca Neri Serneri and Antonella Perugini- who started a dynamic and versatile Renaissance workshop. Each with her own style and expertise creates wonderful jewelry, one-of-a-kind pieces made by using the ancient Roman micromosaic technique reinterpreted in a contemporary manner. […]

Musy Padre e Figli is an elegant and historical goldsmith shop in Turin. Its history is one of the oldest in Europe and begins with Giacomo Musy in 1707. Musy creations were immediately highly appreciated by nobles and kings, and Musy soon became the official goldsmiths and jewellers to the Royal House. What distinguishes these […]

A weaving and traditional embroidery workshop that only uses medieval wooden frames and Singer sewing machines. A word of advice? Ordered a Pacchiana dress, a typical Calabrian dress made from nine pieces that needs to be ordered at least one month in advance, or a Vancale, a typical shawl from Triolo. If not, there are […]

The name Fuga has been associated with the world of Venetian mirrors since 1852, owing to the artist and artisan Angelo Fuga. It was Franco, however, who started, alongside his wife Tullia Ongaro, this workshop, which has become the paragon of Venetian excellence, also entrusted with the delicate task of restoring the mirrors of La […]

That of Bottega Conticelli is a niche production. Its creations are one-of-a-kind, handmade using exclusive processes characterized by a light, contemporary style and realized with sartorial precision. An avant-garde place of energy, not heavy, superfluous decor but clean, contemporary forms, sophisticated details in an essential style refined in its purity. Original and flawless, for example, […]