Swiss by birth but Pratese by adoption, the female painter known under the name of Lauraballa bursts with energy and ideas. Her delicate, dream-like, fairy-tale style creations lead you into another dimension, where a staircase climbs all the way up to the moon and two lovers fly hand in hand. She uses various techniques and […]

A business located in the heart of Udine. Started in 1966 inside Palazzo Brazzà by three women, the workshop has been run by Eva Seminara since 1999. She is passionately fond of the traditional artisan atmosphere that fills her  bookbinder’s workshop, but she also added a creative and modern touch which has made the business […]

A veritable glass chandelier artist, master glassmaker Luigi Fornasier started his glassworks over fifty years ago, and then handed down all his knowledge to his son Fabio, who combines his father’s technical skill and his own innate inquisitiveness which leads him to constantly research different shapes, volumes, colours and finishing details, experimental at times, designed […]

The company, founded in 1966, was the brainchild of Franco Biccini, father of the current owner, who immediately began to specialize in the restoration of antique books, fashioning the bookbindery with a passion fluctuating between art and craftsmanship. The restoration of books is still performed today, on commission, for individual clients and public institutions. Various […]

Damiano Chiappini comes from a long line of cobblers. He learned the trade secrets from his father Luigi who, in the 1930s, as was the custom at that time, went to the customers’ houses to make their shoes, completely by hand and all made to measure. Patience, hard work and attention to detail: these are […]

Renata Bonfanti’s weaving workshop creates handmade tapestries and carpets, according to centuries-old techniques. The patterns are very modern-style, created by the workshop’s artisans and to the customer’s requests. All processing stages of tapestries and carpets are carried out by hand, while the curtains, tablecloths and some rugs are woven on mechanical looms. Renata Bonfantis skill […]

Massimo Micheluzzi became interested in glass-making at the historic Venini family’s furnace and, in the late 1990s, he began creating his own works. Since then, his product range has been constantly evolving by exploring new ways to master this material, while remaining faithful to the nature of glass. Alongside his master glassmaker, with whom he […]

Started in 1964 as a goldsmith’s shop specializing in chiseling and engraving, over the years it has extended its original range of products to include jewelry, fast becoming a landmark in town. A workshop that produces custom-made jewelry, personalized to the customer’s specifications, and for several shops in Florence.

Il macramè di Marilisa Parodi, imparato da autodidatta, si reinterpreta in creazioni originali ed esclusive, proposte nel laboratorio-bottega Elementerre a Finalborgo. Attraverso gesti sapienti e precisi prendono forma creazioni da indossare, dai semplici orecchini, bracciali o ciondoli a vere e proprie collane-scultura, dove le trame accolgono materiali insoliti o riciclati (come ingranaggi industriali, rame, conchiglie, […]