I started learning this craft very young, I think I was six years old. It was not like I was working: I was playing in my father’s workshop, because we used to live on the upper floor and the whole family was involved in the business.

The variety of our work. We restore antique creations, we work on a commission basis for particular objects, we create our own designs. But nothing is really new: on the contrary, the vintage inspiration, especially from the 60s informs our work.

When you talk about a handcraft, well made does not mean perfect. You can easily find cheap and ordinary objects which look perfect. We don’t copy ordinary objects, we create our own. It’s a key to success, because the demand for high quality is always high, and there are not many masters around.

A few years ago, the Municipality of Rome asked me to restore some chairs and other furniture pieces in the house-museum of the Italian novelist Alberto Moravia. Not only was it a pleasure to work on such a project, but I also had a nice surprise: all the objects were clearly made by my father.