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  • Gallinaccio rampino is a wooden character, hand-made with different types of wood and scrap materials, assembled and decorated in a bright balance of shapes.

  • A heterogeneous group of birds turn their surprised gaze towards the world, unaware of the beauty of their own colorful plumage. Crafted using wood and recycled materials, they have unique and singularly inspired form and composition: a distinctive trait of this artisanal workshop.

  • A re-visitation of the wedding chest with rich engraved decorations typical of Sardinian tradition, this chest in chestnut and tulipier wood is crafted with stylistic fidelity in form and in the decorative composition, made modern and characteristic by sober painting highlighting the cen

  • The Xelu glasses, with their refined lines and of evident aesthetic value, are handcrafted in black buffalo horn with irregular honey-coloured streaks.

  • They use simple and essential lines to makes the archetype of multifunctional shelves: they are available in two versions, one with natural wood and the other in coloured wood. They are called “Casette”, designed by architect Roberto Virdis and manufactured by the joinery.

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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.