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In 2011 he started his cooperation in the Foundation by Musicò project. He focused his passion for classic English and Danish design. His reference points are Pipe Dan and Krisswill and he is influenced by Ilsted's Bulldogs and light lines by Paolo Becker. | In 2011 he started his cooperation in the Foundation by Musicò project. He focused his passion for classic English and Danish design. His reference points are Pipe Dan and Krisswill and he is influenced by Ilsted's Bulldogs and light lines by Paolo Becker. | ||
The production is about 150 pieces for years. | |||
The production is about 150 pieces for years, totally handcarved in his workshop in Caldana (GR). | |||
The briar is selected piece by piece and the mouthpiece is hand cut from ebonite bars. | |||
Revision as of 22:16, 17 May 2016
Andrea was born in Follonica, Tuscany, in 1968. He attended the School of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the same time he started to move in the Art environment.
His first job was as cabinetmaker and he opened his own restoration workshop in 1999. In 2006 he made his very first briar pipe: he was really familiar with the raw material (very popular in Tuscany) and ... he is a Pipe Smoker!
In 2011 he started his cooperation in the Foundation by Musicò project. He focused his passion for classic English and Danish design. His reference points are Pipe Dan and Krisswill and he is influenced by Ilsted's Bulldogs and light lines by Paolo Becker.
The production is about 150 pieces for years, totally handcarved in his workshop in Caldana (GR). The briar is selected piece by piece and the mouthpiece is hand cut from ebonite bars.