Postcard

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 […]

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

The artisan tradition is mostly founded on a strong family legacy, which enables it to endure the hardships of life. In our postcard, here is the story of Sancesario brothers, for 40 years now committed to the realization of exquisite, unique bijoux. Two small precious ‘boutiques’ embedded in the artisans’ center of Roma are the

This week the postcard is dedicated to a young, versatile artisan, who is only 33 years old, but has almost a decade of experience. His name is Vincenzo. He was born in Salentino di Galantina, near Lecce (he is very proud of his origin), and he has been living in Rome for 12 years. Good

The journey of ‘Fatto a Mano’ in the artisanship world continues. This week, in the postcard, we want to explore that ‘Middle Reality’, between truth and appearance, that involves all the crafters of theatre. Our interviewee is, in fact, a roman scenographer, who in these last years has designed and realized some of the most

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?