Research, knowledge, tradition and a forty-year experience are the foundations on which Riccardo Varsallona has built his workshop, which creates and displays one-of-a-kind pieces made according to Caltagirone’s traditional ceramic-making techniques. Caltagirone boasts a deeply-rooted tradition of ceramic processing, since the production of proto-majolicaware, which Varsallona has carefully studied. His children have joined the business […]

The firm has an ancient tradition dating back to 1500. In 1700, according to historical records, this direction was taken by the Mulè family. Bronze bells are made by hand and on commission both for churches and for private individuals. In addition to the traditional bells, it also makes tuned concert bells, made according to […]

For the last ten years Fukaya Hidetaka has been working in his workshop making customised shoes, in the alleys of Florence between Via della Vigna Nuova and Via della Spada, in the company of a large black cat. After graduating from fashion school in Japan, he studied in Siena and cutting his teeth in various […]

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 […]

The Gioielleria Carta was founded by Francesco Carta in 1920 and soon became a point of reference for Sardinian goldsmiths. Original designs and perfect execution immediately characterised the productions of this workshop, which specialises in filigreeing and engraving by hand. It boasts the creation of important works, such as the halo of Sant’Efisio, the patron […]

Passionately fond of the art of ceramic-making since he was a child, Elvio Sagnella works in this workshop with the help of experienced assistants. The winner of the International Tradition and Innovation Competition held in Ascoli Piceno in 2009, Sagnella is a versatile and passionate artisan. Inspired by the eighteenth-century tradition of Certaldo and San […]

The fascinating history of the jewellery created by the Perri goldsmiths is more than a century old. The founder was Gennaro Perri, who in 1896 founded the first workshop. The Perri di Campana is a real artisan dynasty that transmits, from generation to generation, experience and craftsmanship. Even today, the tradition continues, making jewellery with […]

In the workshop Eros and Gabriele Collizzolli shape clay, from mixing to creating mould, from drying to setting in the ovens. The decorations are the work of their mother, in an entirely artisanal process: from the creation of the single tiles to the final installation. Obviously not many pieces are made each year and this […]

To Vanessa Cavallaro, before a trade, this is a family tradition. Her first teacher was her father, and even as a child Vanessa loved to watch him work, thus learning the rudiments of the glyptic art made with the lathe, later perfecting her technique with studies. An international artist, she produces works of engraving on […]

Monica Grandi’s creations are made with great skill and passion, in clean yet creative designs. For years a skilled artisan and potter, she has a perfect mastery of the ancient techniques, majolica tiles, where her great skills as a painter and artist of the Este graffiti technique, the ingobbio, come to the fore. Her creations […]