Alberto Giampieri is the whole package when it comes to ceramics. As a child, he began experimenting with moulding his toys, before growing up and transforming his passion into a profession. He trained with several Florentine masters, but he is primarily self-taught. Since 2011, he’s worked in his own workshop, crafting elegant majolica vases and […]

Claudio Tiozzo inherited the passion for glass from his father Sergio, among the first to use the ancient murrina technique in a modern way. At the age of eighteen, he took over the management of the workshop, immediately putting his personal mark on the production, with hypnotic creations featuring smooth surfaces and cuts, convexity and […]

The company was founded by grandfather Alfredo in the early 1900s with the working of various metals, particularly copper and brass. His son Mario was the one who perfected his artistic wrought iron. Today, the three children and grandson continue the family’s artisan tradition of wrought iron. In the shop, they produce commissioned works of […]

Amato Bontempo, the heir to a family of master ceramists since 1862, creates traditional handmade and hand-painted Abruzzian pottery in his workshop. He specializes in tableware and homeware decorated with classic and modern-style motifs. Delicate works of art that grace the homes of aristocrats and luxury hotels, both in Italy and abroad. Among Bontempo’s signature decorations […]

Tailor-made is not exactly the word one would use to describe eyeglasses, but those designed by Ozona, a brand born in 2006, are as made-to-measure as it gets. Sandro Gonnella, who gained experience in the eyeglass manufacturing field by working for famous brands, felt the need to create something different that would convey his passion […]

The history of the Bevilacqua family in the weaving business dates back to 1499. The current company, however, was officially started by Luigi Bevilacqua in 1875 with 18th-century looms from the Scuola della Seta (Silk School) of the Republic of Venice, which are still used to  make raised velvets and soprarizzi velvets of rare beauty, […]

The Cooperativa Artieri Alabastro di Volterra (Volterra Alabaster Craftsmen Cooperative) was formed back in 1895, bringing together the most skilled craftsmen in the industry since its inception. And today it is the only structure that can boast the best existing workforce in the world of alabaster. Numerous and important are the national and international reviews […]

The master goldsmith Danilo Bonucci has been running his business since 1990, creating jewellery using all different types of precious metals, stones and pearls. It often start from a customer’s idea, to which the master goldsmith gives shape through traditional techniques: lamination, embossing, hammering, lost wax moulding and even Etruscan granulation, creating unique pieces. The […]

For the past forty years, Laura Morandotti has been putting her skill and creativity into making stained glass. A designer and artisan, she creates works of various kinds, from sculpture to glass fusing, and the design of windows with lead, both ancient and contemporary. Working next to her in this varied production is her daughter […]

In Via S. Floreano, a Buia, siamo nel mondo della ceramica artistica, in questo laboratorio dal 1955 si portano avanti gli insegnamenti del maestro Enore Pezzetta, arricchendo e interpretando quella che è la tradizione di questa nobile arte praticata in Friuli già nel ‘700. Molte sono le tecniche utilizzate, “tutte quelle con cui è possibile […]