Italian Artists and Artisans
in Maremma

There are some very talented Italian artists and artisans in Maremma, but you will often be hard pressed to find them as their workshops and studios tend to be tucked away in the villages or hamlets where they live, or in medieval alleyways away from a towns main thoroughfare.

I hope you enjoy browsing through their hidden talent and craftsmanship here.

If you are planning a trip to Maremma and will be staying in or near one of the villages or towns in which these artists and artisans reside, I would encourage you to pop into their studios and take a look around.

When I have done so, I have never felt any pressure to purchase.

You will be warmly welcomed.

If you are an artist yourself, or dabble a little in the craft of the artisan you visit, do strike up a conversation... you will probably be invited to the bar next door for a coffee! It is Italy after all, and "Maremmani" - the people of Maremma - are especially friendly Italians.

Please do contact the artists in these pages directly if you would like to know more about their work, explore commissioning a piece, or to take home one of their creations as a momento of a your vacation in beautiful Maremma. Most of them ship worldwide.

Among the Italian artisans featured below, you will also find my partner Fabio Pallanti, an Italian jewelry designer, "orafo" (goldsmith), and "argentiere" (silversmith). If you would like to see his workshop and examples of his work, this link will take you to our website: Stile di Pallanti Italian Designer Jewelry.

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The Italian Artists and Artisans
by Craft

Italian Ceramics - "Ceramiche"

MONTIS PESCALIS CERAMICHE
Claudio Pisapia, Montepescali

Claudio Pisapia and his wife create Raku, Bucchero and Gres (stoneware) ceramics in their workshop in Montepescali. A photograph of their colourful studio is shown here. They also offer ceramic courses in their workshop in the techniques of lathe, modelling, decorating and Raku, with (optional) bed & breakfast in their home a few minutes walk away.

Claudio invented a paper oven - yes, paper! - for the baking of ceramics in a wood fire, which he demonstrates at art colleges and schools. It works brilliantly! Click on this Italian ceramics link for more information and photographs of his work.

"Orafi" - Goldsmiths and "Argentieri" - Silversmiths

ORAFO DESIGN
Lorenzo Mattafirri, Massa Marittima

Down a very steep street in the centre of the stunning medieval city of Massa Marittima in Maremma, you will find the Goldsmith Jewellers workshop of Lorenzo Mattafirri - Orafo Design. Lorenzo is an "orafo artigiano", an artisan goldsmith, whose work in silver and gold is entirely handmade and unique.

Click on this Goldsmiths Jewellers link for more information and photographs of his beautiful jewellery.

Italian Jewelry Designer and Florentine Goldsmith

STILE DI PALLANTI
Fabio Pallanti

Fabio Pallanti is an Italian jewelry designer and Florentine Goldsmith with over 35 years of experience in working with silver, gold and gemstones. He creates stunning pieces of solid gold and silver jewelry, and unusual sculptures and contemporary Italian sculptures that reflect his passion for the sea. And he is my wonderful partner!

His unique silver jewellery and Italian 18k gold jewelry can be seen by clicking on the links, or visit our STILE DI PALLANTI Italian Designer Jewelry website.

Italian Painters - "Pittori"

JSANTUCIINARTE
Jean Santucci, Gavorrano

Italian Artists & Artisans in Maremma: Jean Santucci

Jean Santucci is an Italian painter working with acrylics and oils. His paintings are mainly of Maremman landscapes and the medieval streets of the hill towns in Maremma, but it is apparent from his work that his life in France and other Mediterranean countries influences his style.

Click on this Italian Painters link for more information and photographs of his work.

Italian Shoemakers

QUEL PELLAIO DI DIEGO
Diego Daddi, Suvereto

Italian Artists and Artisans in Maremma: Diego Daddi

Overlooking the medieval city walls of the castled hill town of Suvereto in Maremma Livornese, you will find Diego Daddi: an artisan Italian shoemaker with a passion for the middle ages. Having trained as an apprentice with an old master shoemaker, Diego now has his own small workshop where he handmakes leather shoes, Maremman hunting and riding boots, handbags and belts etc, as well as authentic replicas of medieval shoes worn by town folk, armed knights and the nobility of the twelth and thirteenth centuries.

His modern-day shoes can be seen in the Italian shoemakers in Maremma page, and his range of medieval shoes here: medieval shoemaker.

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