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  • This modular bookshelf can be used in combination with others thus resulting in a kaleidoscopic designs inspired by textures with effects of Sardinian traditi .on.

  • It is inspired by the identity of the island: this precious jewelry box is a clever reinterpretation of traditional Sardinian bridal chest. Made of chestnut wood with creativity and craftsmanship, it is decorated with an artful and refined incision, customizable in size and details.

  • A garland of roses, finely carved and fret-worked, makes up the floral pattern of the elegant decorative relief panel.

  • Gufo is a hand-crafted and decorated toy made of pinewood, featuring a playful and expressive visual design.

  • This chair in chestnut wood revives the forms and decoration of an ancient model of the Sardinian tradition, decorated in linear composition with the typical symbols of the hand-carved rosette and lapwing. Handcrafted, this striking chair is suitable for various rooms of the house.

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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.