One-Off

We are born unique, but growing up we try everything to be like others, to be part of a group (some try to be different and become part of the alternative group). Coming to a certain point we recognize not being happy and, if we are lucky, sooner or later we realize that it’s because we are not going our way: we have become ordinary. That’s the moment when we return being ourselves, unique, as we were as children.

My one-off collection is not meant to be an alternative collection. There’s definitely a common thread, it’s an artisan work and no serial production, you’ll find a recurrent material selection (as long as there is some of the same material, I use it), but each object is the result of a new idea and/or a new artistic or craft experimentation. There is a common thread in my attitude, that’s where my creations come out: I’m a great observer, collector and editor, I always preferred listening to talking. Doing so I collect images, sounds, music, thoughts, wonders of nature and science and everything that inspires me somehow in my mind or in my stockroom. Maybe it stays there for months or years, but when the time is right, my mind finds the perfect matching out of all those things.

The one-off pieces are based on different objects: antique or disused furniture, unremarkable cabinetry, empty bottles and so on. I like to upcycle objects and materials creating new, attractive quality objects, I find no sense in creating something out of recycled materials that after a while ends up in the trash anyway.

Some objects aren’t born unique but I make them become such.