Postcard

Shirin Persia: a dream that has become an artisan company

With a new postcard we go to Iran, magical ancient Persia, an incredibly large and multifaceted country, with artistic and artisanal origin. Ala Azadkia accompanies us in this fantastic discovery, talking to us from Trento about her professional adventure that is strictly intertwined with the human one. Ala is Iranian: a mechanical engineer there while …

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Fragrances and Flavours Memories in The Hadmade Pastries of Zagarella

Right beside Saint Peter’s, where the ancient furnaces baked and shaped the bricks for the building of the Basilica, one single broad street runs between the railway on one side and the slopes of the Gianicolo on the other. Some other short streets intersect it. Amidst lies the Church of Santa Maria delle Grazie alle …

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The Glassmaking Italian Legacy in Beatrice and Aldo’s Story

Today “Fatto a Mano” Postcard is dedicated to two glass masters, Maria Beatrice Cesari and Aldo Frasca, who have their workshop in the center of Roma. Forty years of activity dedicated to restoration, research, and creation of precious, beautiful objects: your work seems more likely to a string of anecdotes, adventures.  How did it start? …

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