When we want to buy a jewel, we don’t pay attention to whether the shop is owned by a goldsmith or a jeweler. The observation of the craft sector is teaching us to use the correct terms and that each term corresponds to a different professionalism. In this chapter, we find ourselves in the elegant …
Fein: the gold workshops where jewels play rock … Leggi altro »
There are stories that have a trend that is to say, circular. Gradually you acquire information and a mosaic is forming in front of your eyes. Where each piece, over time, finds its position and it gives harmony to a bigger project. This reminded us of the story of Erika Fracassa, an artisan of glass. …
During the pandemic, we are reading over and over about the inevitable suspension of all events, including weddings. How are those who produce ceremonial dresses living this transition? In the case of “couturier “ Elena Pignata, quite well: during this period she hasn’t lost the deep contact with her passion, her creativity and a very …
Elena Pignata: the artisan “couturier” of brides but not only… Leggi altro »
Torino is a city with a lot of historical artisans, very often they were not born in Torino but they moved here for different reasons. They all feel that they are in the right place to create something important. It is the case of Nina Tauro: we met her in her atelier in San Salvario: a …
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We are still in Borgo Campidoglio: the center of our website not only for historic reasons but also because of the importance in the artisanal world. One of the historical figure is Arch. Carlo Zanella that we meet in his restoration laboratory. He used to split his life between Torino and Nicaragua. In Nicaragua he …
In Via Fiano 12 in Borgo Campidoglio there used to be an abandoned carpentry. Since December 1st of last year it become home of “Calza di cuoio”, a social promotion association that includes an area dedicated to a museum about Native Americans, a laboratory for the production of items made using leather, a shop that …
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Walking around from one store to another in Borgo Campidoglio, that is becoming more and more the center of high quality craftsmanship, we found this charming, bright and spacious lab called Art Deco. Paintings and panels hanging on the walls, gilded statues, tools mixed with chairs and trestles, all part of the clutter of this lab/atelier/school …
Art Deco: From 1988 They Are Coloring the World… Leggi altro »
“My interest for mosaic started very casually.” Giada is telling us her story: she is originally from the Friuli region, arrived in Torino for love, started 5 years ago atelier BB mosaici in Via Balme 32 in the Borgo Campidoglio area. “Almost 15 years ago I was apprentice in a mosaic lab in Friuli, I always …
La storia del mosaico rivive con Giada a Borgo Campidoglio Leggi altro »
