Patrizia Brancaleone, glassmaker since 1986, is a woman with a brilliant talent, extraordinary dexterity and and an unquenchable curiosity. In her world light is the most extraordinary emotional element, created through the use of colour, intensity and inconsistency. Glass fusing (a technique imported from the United States), pâte de verre, mosaico, grisaille: she uses many […]

It takes more than 70 hours to make a men’s suit by hand at Liverano & Liverano, the Florentine tailor’s shop started in the 1940s by two Apulian brothers. Today, Antonio Liverano, after seventy years in the business, still works in the shop supervising over his staff, choosing fabrics and taking measurements. The atelier creates […]

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 […]

After graduating from the well-known school for mosaicists in the Friuli region, Luciano Petris opened his workshop in Codroipo in 1980. His endeavours cover a vast range of activities: design and reproduction of artistic mosaics of modern and contemporary inspiration, in particular; production of furnishings and facings, using Venetian enamel and marble as well as […]

An interest that has become a real passion that of Massimo Casiello in his wood-crafting atelier, enclosed in the magical setting of the Sassi. All the work is done by hand using techniques such as turning, engraving and sculpting, and the material reveals its amazing natural beauty every time. In the cherished atelier-workshop, you can […]

The Kennedys, King Charles III of England, the presi- dents of the Italian Republic, Aristotele Onassis and Daniel Craig in Skyfall: these are only a few of the famous names who fell in love with E. Marinella ties. And it’s hard to dis- agree with them. The ties by this historic brand created at the […]

When contemporary art meets the great masters of Murano glass-making the result is truly amazing. This is what has been happening since 1989 at Berengo Studio, started by Adriano Berengo who picked up the legacy of Peggy Guggenheim and Egidio Costantini and their Furnace of Angels and invites internationally-renowned artists to learn more about this […]

NAA Studio owes its name to the initials of the person who conceived and created it: Negar Azhar Azari, a young Florentine artist of Persian origins. Started in 2011 in the Oltrarno area, in the heart of Florence’s artisan district, NAA Studio is an experimental and innovative workshop deeply rooted in Florence’s goldsmithing tradition. Handmade […]

An artisan workshop specializing in bespoke footwear. A tradition that has been handed down from father to son and that Alfio Bruschi has been continuing since 1975 in his own shop in Montegranaro, in the province of Fermo. In 2000, the brand was established and began collaborating with international brands in the footwear world and […]

Since 1977 in Turin, Mastro Corradin has been working in the beautiful setting of the medieval village within the Parco del Valentino. In addition to focusing on the production and restoration of objects in forged iron, he works with colleagues and craftsmen specialized in the working of other materials, such as wood, stone, glass, ceramics, […]