At the base of the Apuan Alps, Carrara represents a unique reality in the world for its marble caves. Among the first who ventured into marble extraction there were the Romans who, inserting fig wood beams into the natural holes of the rocks, filled these ones with water until they completely impregnated the beams causing the cracking of the rocks. This extraction technique has been unchanged, but for little variations, till the Renaissance when Michelangelo started to frequently visit Carrara area to choose directly the raw material for his works.
Even today skilful craftsmen work this material with ability, creating wonderful pieces of art and decorative objects that represent important pieces of furniture.
Each apple is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Montelupo art majolica centre-piece "Rinascimento - Raphaelesque decoration". This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Each cherry is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Each pepper is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Made in hand painted terracotta. Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
The apple, just bitten, symbolizes the passion for life and invites to catch the opportunities offered by it. Each "fruit" is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age. Each object is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Oil bottle with drip saucer in white majolica, decorated with olives in relief. This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Each onion is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.