What led you to embrace this craft?
I used to be a professional cyclist, but a car hit me while I was training for the Giro d'Italia, and I wasn't sure I would be able to go back to cycling. That’s why, in the summer of 2019, I decided to follow in the footsteps of my ancestors.
Who taught you the techniques?
My father, who in turn had learned the skills from my grandfather. As a child, I was fascinated by my father's and grandmother's stories of how lavéc pots were made, but I had never seen the lathe in action. Until I reopened my grandfather's old workroom.
©Lavéc
How important is tradition in your work?
It’s fundamental, because it allows me to get in touch with the stone, to know it, to discover it and to work it to the best of my ability. However, I always try to introduce small innovations and more modern shapes in what I do.
What do you love most about your profession?
The fact that each product is unique: it’s impossible to make two identical pieces. Nature surprises me every time with its colours and patterns. Working by hand, each piece is necessarily different from any other.