It is all about the wheel for me. The wheel teaches me to be present in the here and now. If you put too much of your own issues on the wheel, if you are not centered, then the clay will also not be centered – it falls and it breaks.

Project working. I do not create single objects, I work on collections which are carefully designed starting from a complex interior design project. Sleek shapes and clean lines also come from my past as an architect.

It all began with the Impagliata, a tradition from Tuscany which consisted of gifting new mothers with a tableware set for their first meal after labour. I started creating single-meal sets based on this tradition which embodies care and interest not only for the baby but specifically for the mother.

It implies working in collaboration with the chefs to create the plates that will work best for their signature recipes. For example, I created a serving plate for Alessandro Proietti Refrigeri’s 'Rape radici e vegetali', a sleek and perfectly balanced plate that could host the 36 vegetables of the recipe.