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Buying Handmade in Italy: Christmas Carving in Trentino

by Laura Morelli | Sun, 12/17/2017 - 12:58

Across the Alpine regions of northern Italy, artisans share common traditions with their Swiss, German, and Austrian neighbors to the north: everything from…

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Discovering the Artisanal World of Ceramics in Faenza

by Laura Morelli | Tue, 07/11/2017 - 05:54

Cover image credit: Faenza ceramics festival CC via Flickr (c) Argilla Italia.jpg Faenza, located in the heart of Emilia-Romagna halfway between Bologna and…

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Bringing Italian Ceramics To The Modern Age: Meet Gatto Matto Design

by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 11/10/2016 - 09:02

Travel to the small town of Deruta nestled in Umbria, the green heart of Italy and you’ll find no shortage of ceramic producers that have been based here for a…

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Sculpting In Small Town Sicily: Meet Fausto Giardina

by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 10/06/2016 - 05:29

Growing up, I thought of paper-mache as the ultimate find in crafty materials; the smells, the textures, and most of all the ability to form into anything you…

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Preserving the Art of Basket-Weaving in Sardinia

by Georgette Jupe | Tue, 08/30/2016 - 04:39

Photos by Itaca Freelance As you might have guessed, this month we have been focusing on the island of Sardinia. This beautiful island has captured the heart…

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Meet Giancarlo Moi, a Jewelry Artisan Saving a Sardinian Craft

by Georgette Jupe | Thu, 08/11/2016 - 06:30

"Ordinary people look at things with the old eye, the creative man observes the old things with new eyes." Gian Piero Bona, Italian poet and writer Italy is…