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  • The simple and classic lines of the solid table chair are inspired by an ancient model of Mogoro tradition, reinterpreted thoroughly to achieve greater comfort of use.

  • The headboard for the twin bed features an intaglio decoration with the rosette and lapwing traditional motifs, painted turquoise on a white background. Hand-crafted using beech wood, it is available for double beds and matching other pieces of furniture for you rooms.

  • This wooden rocking horse is painted in blue, featuring small engravings and scarlet red decorations. This hand-made artefact is created by an imaginative and sensitive artist, designed for those who look for original approaches to the world of toys.

  • It is inspired by traditional iconography. It is made of chestnut, hand carved and painted with a many-coloured mark.

  • The large trays, produced as unique pieces which differ in colour and variety of wood, are characterised by the high-quality mosaic crafting of wood and by the insert of woven fabric, a highly decorative element that reproduces and innovates the motives typical of the local textile tradition.

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The woodcraft sector in Sardinia, with a its ancient and codified traditions, is expressed in contemporary productions with new and diversified interpretations. Featuring recognizable linguistic traits in its decorations or with new technical and stylistic solutions, the local master craftsmen continue to express the identity of the island through motifs and suggestions.

The traditional carving decoration is created in a masterly manner by means of a burin on the most precious artefacts, such as sa cascia, the hope chest, or with a curt touch in several objects of daily use in agricultural and pastoral contexts. In both cases the marks engraved serve as a language, a written story to be read again and again, the expression of a people with a strong identity. 

Distinctive carnival masks made as part of local tradition. Being included in the carving section, they are crafted in the towns of Ottana and Mamoiada, and more recently in Oristano, worn during the traditional local carnivals, in dynamic and engaging performances.

 

The new interpretations range between free and recent experiences of local history, which resort to woodcraft to create decorative objects, intended as small sculptures. Artist and designer Eugenio Tavolara was the first who, during the first half of last century, designed a series of small dressed sculptures, the puppets, which portrayed characters and scenes of the traditional life in Sardinia.