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Pinuccio Sciola: Sardinian Sculptor & Muralist Tags: personalities, arts & artisans, golfo aranci 0 Comments
Golfo Aranci ’s promenade is embellished with two "Sails" carved in stone plus a group of three soundtracks by Pinuccio Sciola (15th March 1942 – 13th May 2016), the only sculptor wh...
Read MoreBeer In Sardinia Tags: arts & artisans, food, 0 Comments
A nice glass of cold beer on a sunny day and you feel it down your throat, taking away the dryness and switching it into a delicious and thirst-quenching bitterish taste while lying under the umbrell...
Read MoreIron Craftmanship Of Sardinia Tags: arts & artisans, traditions & folklore, 0 Comments
Iron craftsmanship in Sardinia, thanks to the island’s rich mineral resources, is art going back thousands of years, as confirmed by the bronze statuettes ( brunzìttu nuragicu ...
Read MoreThe Sardinian Art Of Jewellery Tags: arts & artisans, traditions & folklore, 0 Comments
Sardinian jewels are of a very particular beauty indeed. Gold or silver, worked in filigree, bejewelled with stones and coral: jewels are an important part of traditional clothing, they have a histor...
Read MoreThe Shardana: Warriors Of Sardinia Tags: personalities, arts & artisans, history & culture, 0 Comments
A Nuragic civilization was born and developed in Sardinia, confined in a period dating from the Bronze Age (1800 BC) to the 2nd century BC, already being Roman Age. The Shardana , populati...
Read MoreMaria Lai & The Art Of Threads Tags: personalities, arts & artisans, 0 Comments
Stretched or tangled, sewn, resewn and unstitched, loose or knotted, the threads are the artistic language of a small Sardinian woman: Maria Lai . Maria Lai wanted to stitch the world with ...
Read MoreBasketry: The Sardinian Baskets Tags: arts & artisans, traditions & folklore, 0 Comments
In Sardinia, a land rich in aquatic plants, basketry is widespread. Even though there are still craftsmen who create mats and fences, manufacturing of baskets, corbule (decorative baskets...
Read MoreThe Cork Tags: nature & landscape, arts & artisans, history & culture, 0 Comments
On both sides of the road, oak woods follow one another and the nude tree trunks are brick red where they have been already harvested. We are going to Tempio Pausania , the capital of Gall...
Read MoreSardinian Ceramics Tags: arts & artisans, traditions & folklore, costa smeralda, 0 Comments
The Sardinian ceramic past begins with beautiful specimens of pre-nuragic and nuragic pottery, and models recalling the Roman domination. The making of ceramics takes us back to the courtyards of the...
Read MoreWood Craft In Sardinia Tags: arts & artisans, traditions & folklore, 0 Comments
When I first come across with the art and beauty of Sardinian wood craft, it was in 1990 and I could admire beautiful chestnut furniture worked with the asciolu , a tool with a small hoe shape,...
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