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From this shop, "di terra e di fuoco", in via del Quattro Aprile in Palermo, even Mick Jagger passed. It is the most beautiful memory to date of Lavinia Sposito, who spends her days here working on the terracotta and turning it into splendid ceramic works.
From this shop, "di terra e di fuoco", in via del Quattro Aprile in Palermo, even Mick Jagger passed. It is the most beautiful memory to date of Lavinia Sposito, who spends her days here working on the terracotta and turning it into splendid ceramic works.
Shaping clay, bending steel, defining bodies between the borders of black and white: these are just some of the processes by which Yama Art becomes a place of art and encounter. Place of meditation, of a happy to meet inside and outside. Now we enter the world of Maia
In Terranova da Sibari, a village in the upper Cosentino region, nestled on a pleasant hill, we encounter Vittoria Pignataro, the owner of the Arca di Noè (Noah’s Ark) business. Welcomed with great kindness and grace, we are transported into her enchanted realm—a place of art, passion, and imagination
Diletta is an artisan who uses ceramics to create unique pieces for furniture and kitchens and in her Opificio, in Pontedera, she also holds a workshop active all year round: from September to June. Working with clay, she tells us, is a therapeutic activity that offers the possibility of giving life to something that does not exist: something that is conceived, requested, personalized
A doorway, then a grand staircase and finally an expanse of vases, plates, cups, trays. We are in a narrow street in the heart of Bergamo, at Claylab, Luca Pedone's ceramics workshop. In this space, Luca is mainly dedicated to functional ceramics, applying the magic of the unique handmade piece to everyday utensils for home and restaurants.
Today your Italian Bees bees are located in Grottaglie, in the province of Taranto. It is a place known for the production of artistic ceramics, which attract thousands of tourists from all over Italy and abroad every year. The first workshop that decided to explore our bees was that of Annamaria Quaranta, who came from a family of ceramists well known in the village.
A thirty-year history, two generations of artisans who together create small masterpieces every day. The Fulvi family has been working with ceramics for three decades and specializes in the customization of traditional Abruzzo objects, such as bells, a gift of good luck and a symbol of protection for travelers.
The one created by Fiorella Carone and Gabriele Giustiniani with their daughter Giulia is much more than a family: it is a solid business that ranges at three hundred and sixty degrees in the world of ceramics. The workshop in Via Bruno Buozzi, in the center of Genzano di Roma, was created by Fiorella and Gabriele more than twenty-five years ago and does not cease to be an evolving creature.
In the heart of the historic center of Naples, there is the "Mac" ceramics workshop where Marina and Antimo create colorful artifacts, work the potter's wheel and collaborate with other artisans to keep the oldest aspects of this profession alive.
Handicrafts in Campania are one of the prides of the region. In Cava de' Tirreni, a few steps from that pearl known all over the world that is the Amalfi Coast, a laboratory is born that spreads art as soon as you cross the door of the laboratory. To welcome us there is Pierfrancesco Solimene, owner of Solimene Art, who is carrying on the passion for art that is a real family tradition.
The artistic ceramics of the lake are made by Mrs. Katia Agatis, owner of the laboratory and the "Sea Lab" shop located in Pallanza (Verbania). Handmade creations come in different genres, shapes and colors.
Ceramiche IMA is located in Montelupo Fiorentino, a small town on the outskirts of Florence. Its history is strongly linked to the processing of ceramics, which is established in the techniques and in the diffusion of the Tuscan majolica style between 1400 and 1530.
Earth and fire: it is from their encounter that ceramics are born. In Torre de' Roveri, not far from Bergamo, earth and fire meet through the expert hands of Rossana Brambilla, a ceramist with a great passion for artistic research. In his bright workshop he offers pottery courses and creates unique objects made of "earth, hands, fire", between experimentation and ancient techniques.
"L'arte perfetta" (The perfect art) of Cecilia Ariaudo and Paola and Simona Cenciarelli in Rome is anything but a dark and silent workshop. Once inside, you come across a real kaleidoscope: there are white porcelains waiting of be decorated, the color samples and tables, a large exhibition and a large laboratory, also well decorated and illuminated.
Giuseppe Liberati is an outsider of Abruzzo ceramics. With his feet in tradition and his head in innovation, he has been able to distinguish himself from other artisans for his stubbornness and originality.
Elegant and familiar, modern and traditional, trendy and original. These definitions, although in contrast with each other, are representative of the dual soul of Arago Design, a physical and ideal place, where design research meets tradition to create unique pieces of craftsmanship.
Bees buzz near the flowers and this time we perched on potatoes. Not only potatoes in Stefano Adamo's Voilà Boutique, in Alliste in Puglia. Voilà is the anagram of olive, in fact, Stefano is a producer of oil, potatoes, gin and even vodka. A likeable, as well as decisive, entrepreneur who combines marketing and artisanal production.
In the heart of Upper Piedmont, on the banks of the picturesque Lake Orta, an excellence of Italian artisan chocolate is born: Audere. Diego told us the story of Audere, their production philosophy and future projects that continue to innovate the world of handmade chocolate (and not only).
Camiceria Bazzocchi is a historic shop in Rome, housed in the historic center of the city, a stone's throw from Piazza Barberini. The shirt shop was founded by Roberto Bazzocchi in 1907 as an artisan workshop where tailor-made shirts were made by hand, without neglecting the precious sale of accessories capable of enhancing masculine elegance.
We went to discover the small reality of Cuore di Pane, a bakery in Cabella Ligure in the province of Alessandria, which has made organic and genuineness its strong suit. Irene is a beautiful woman, enlightening and enlightened, who decided to open and start the bakery business to find herself and her past.
Walking through the San Frediano district, a small shop with a curious name catches the eye: Nokike. The owner is the artisan Herika Signorino who, in love with Tuscany, moved from a big city to the small Florentine district when she was only twenty-one years old. The highlight is jewelry, but Herika loves to experiment by being inspired by places, natural elements, artists and literature. Strengthened by the collaboration with other artisans, Nokike – in addition to attracting tourists and passers-by - It is a point of reference for a loyal clientele.
Luisa Bamonte, fondatrice di Italian WebTV, intervista Nicola Asprella, Unique experience, per un turismo nel territorio di Tramonti, comune della Costiera amalfitana
Our bees have returned to Genoa, attracted by the intoxicating scent of chocolate that spreads in the heart of the city. This perfume comes from the historic Fabbrica Buffa Cioccolato, where we will find Mr Liotta, owner of this prestigious reality.
From colleagues to friends, up to becoming partners of a splendid artisan reality. Loredana Tozza and Gerardo Marano's passion for quality cheeses and for the territory meant that they both left their clerical jobs to throw themselves into a somewhat crazy, but decidedly innovative adventure: producing spreadable cheese creams using raw materials from Campania.
"I always have something to learn from my beers." A phrase that the master brewer Nicola Perra, Brewer of the Year in 2009, tells when talking about the evolution of his beers over time. Nicola is the Master Brewer of the Sardinian brewery Barley in Maracalagonis, founded in 2006, whose mark has left an indelible mark on the history of Italian beer.
The logo of Amaro Guelfo is a lion's face: and it could not have been otherwise, since his is a family history that ends up embracing, thanks to a liqueur, that of Brescia, the Lioness of Italy, and its people who have the name of grumpy with a big heart.
Alessandra Botto is an explosion. But an explosion in its positive sense: a combination of energy, creativity, courage and intuition. A play on words that finds the perfect combination in her brand. Have you ever wanted to have a bag that, when needed, becomes a backpack, or vice versa?
In Como there is the Acqua del Lario shop, which has chosen to be inspired by the Lake Como area for its products. Cities, towns, Larian winds... The name of every single product is unmistakable for those who know the areas of Lake Como, and is chosen with meticulous care. With its scents and fragrances, Acqua del Lario wants to excite the soul and it succeeds perfectly.
The Carpetica studio is located on a very bright terrace where he creates his ethical leather carpets. Around the work table where we sit for this interview there are scraps of leather, scraps of leather, scraps and scraps of every color and appearance.
Whenever we talk about a jewel made in Sardinia, the elegance of Sardinian filigree immediately comes to mind. This particular process has been carried out for a very long time by the Creazioni Antonello workshop
Michel Eggimann, a Swiss naturalized Italian master luthier, works in a tiny workshop near Campo dei Fiori, in the historic Parione district of Rome. But don't let the size deceive you: violins and violas were born here and have traveled around the world, and certainly not on secondary stages. Eggimann has worked for internationally renowned musicians such as Uto Ughi and Augustin Hadelich, among others.
A characteristic element that distinguishes Sundays and holidays in Sardinia are certainly Sardinian sweets and today we will discover Anna Maria Sarritzu, who manages to turn them into real jewels.
You can breathe in the scent of the forest, entering Davide Samadelli's "Wood and Resin" workshop. Currently, his company is located in a warehouse near Castel d'Azzano, in the immediate province of southern Verona.
Beevaio is a small (not so much) green oasis dedicated to bees, precious and endangered animals. We are in Congiunti, in the province of Pescara, where a group of people, armed with unwavering willpower, has decided to devote themselves to the redevelopment of a former forest nursery to create a park dedicated to them, choosing melliferous plants and adopting a completely organic type of cultivation in respect of the environment and bees.
At the foot of the Pollino National Park, between the fresh air of the mountains and the sea breeze of the Ionian Sea, the Rizzo winery was born in Frascineto in the province of Cosenza. For you we met Francesco, a young man who with courage, passion and dedication has chosen to cultivate native and ancient vines and thus carry on the family roots, creating the rarest wine of Calabria.
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