A 21st century craft

• • Alessandro creates spectacular sculptures in silicone
• • He manipulates matter and transforms it
• • He is inspired by the prejudices to be overcome

The objects produced by Alessandro Ciffo represent the perfect synthesis between the extreme contemporaneity of silicone and the primitive gestures of the hands, resulting in objects that are always unique. "The first silicone jar I made was very primitive, but I didn't care at all, it was a feat of my own making," Alessandro explains. The technical characteristics of silicone enable him to obtain original aesthetic and functional results that are unalterable over time, resistant to temperatures, chemical agents but above all to fashion. His discovery of silicone was quite accidental, but he was immediately fascinated by its potential. In fact, he is persuaded that the 21st century will be the century of silicone as the 20th was for plastic. “I chose silicone as a medium to express myself,” he explains, “and I have never abandoned it. When I started, it was a semi-unknown material in the arts, there were neither teachers nor schools, so I had to invent everything, from the way to colour it to the techniques and tools”.