Giacomo Filipini’s works are the result of experiments, studies and hard work, but also an innate curiosity. Stimulated by a dynamic and multifaceted artistic environment, he gained experience in various techniques, only to find in working in iron a privileged form of expression, which distinguishes him on the contemporary art scene. His works show the […]

The art of weaving is a deeply-rooted and centuries-old tradition in Carnia. This region has been committed to textile manufacturing since the 1700s, because of the Republic of Venice’s high demand for these products. Carnica has been producing with artisan methods and selling throughout Italy and abroad top-quality houselinen for over 50 years. The heirs […]

Airee Design&Co. is a workshop where completely unique and customised household objects take shape. Irene Roscini, creator of the brand, oversees in the design of a perfect space in which each tailor-made sewn product can be placed. From lampshades to pillows, from handbags to canvases, Airee Design collections are created in the heart of Perugia, […]

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 […]

Antonello Utzeri learn the art of weaving by vocation and since 2002 has also made it his job. For several years, in addition to traditional basket weaving, he has been making various creations born from the collaboration with designers such as Imago Mundi and Antonio Marras – innovative projects internationally acclaimed and published in the […]

Four generations of artisans creating jewels, a family business that has crossed more than a century of history while affirming its own philosophy and inimitable style, appreciated and recognized all over the world. Every Fratelli Piccini jewel is a unique piece created by the hands of expert master craftsmen, loyal custodians of those goldsmithing techniques […]

For Lorenzo Rossi, it all began by going with a friend to a workshop to have a guitar repaired. And it was love at first sight: he decided to pursue that craft as his path in life, firstly, at the Civic School of Lutherie, and then by working as an apprentice in illustrious luthiers’ workshops. […]

It was by working terracotta at his father’s company, a small factory in Sant’Agnello producing bricks since the 16th cen- tury, that Marcello Aversa discovered his passion for Nativi- ty scenes and began creating small masterworks: by using a stick and a pin, he moulds his terracotta figurines ranging from 10 cm to the amazing […]

Following the local tradition of ceramic-making, in the late 1700s goldsmith and intaglio artist Girolamo Franchini began researching the porcelain-making process, which was very fashionable in Europe at the time. In 1955, the Florentine Giovanni Battista Giorgini, the man who launched Italian high fashion throughout the world and supported the “marriage” of fashion and design, […]

While the tradition of ceramics production in Deruta dates back to the 13th century, participation of the Grazia family began in the 16th century, which still represents five centuries of history and important international collaborations along the way. From the clay to the finished object, every phase is completely hand made. Knowledge and technique have […]