In the workshop of Alessandro Grassi, a workshop whose history began in the late 1800s, the great teacher, assisted by his collaborators, still creates splendid windows today according to the ancient French glass tradition. Stained glass of the highest quality, worked with lead, soldered, painted in grisaille and heated at a high temperature to create […]

A wide range of silverware such as bowls, candlesticks and sugar dispensers, made according to Florence’s artisan traditions, and a comprehensive line-up of traditional Jewish objects. Situated in the magical Sdrucciolo de’ Pitti, Argenteria Donato Zaccaro was founded as a craft workshop in 1969 and has since expanded its production, making items in 800 and […]

His studio expresses the perfect synthesis of art and craftsmanship. Bruno Gambone, son of the father-master who opened this workshop in 1949, has been working intensively on his language since 1969, after several years spent in New York where he frequented artists including Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol. The workshop in Via Benedetto […]

This creative workshop was established in the early 1990s for the purpose of creating plates that would bring back to everyday mealtimes the atmosphere and warmth lost to industrial chinaware. In addition to plates, the workshop creates coffee and tea sets, flowerpot holders, vases, tiles, candlesticks, centerpieces and customized gifts in thin, white ceramic biscuit, […]

Marina and Susanna Sent carry on the family glass-making tradition by applying it to the world of jewellery. At their workshop in Murano, started in 1993, they create original glass jewellery, the result of technical and stylistic innovation, but also sculptures in mosaic and filigree glass, glass-fused plates and vitreous fabrics. Art objects successfully showcased […]

Soapstone is a ductile and malleable rock found in deposits above 1,300 meters. This grey-whitish colored rock is the ideal material for the construction of stone stoves. Fabrizio and Claudio carry on this tradition deeply rooted in the Val d’Aosta region and practiced since the 1700s, by using the processing techniques they learnt from their […]

Sara Spolverini’s jewelry pieces can be described as a story revolving around the history and emotions of those who wear them. One-of-a-kind and custom-made pieces created by using the traditional lost-wax casting method and precious metals (925 sterling silver and pure 750 gold), as well as new and experimental materials and techniques, with a special […]

Statues of all sizes, nativity scenes from 11 to 160 cm: at the Casa d’Arte professor Lando Landi has been a supplier for the best religious shops in Italy and in the world and the religious institutions for more than 80 years. The smallest statues are made of solid resin, the others of fibre glass […]

The success of an unprecedented plan B. Francesco Sabatini, a young biologist, decided to turn his passion for traditional crafts into a full-time job and in 2009 he opened the Liuteria Sabatini making musical instruments. What can you expect from his workshop? The best instruments of the Abruzzo folk tradition, Italian double chantered pipes and […]