Graziella is an artist, sculptress and ceramist from Piacenza, a city where she studied various artistic techniques and worked for about twenty years. In particular, he uses normal and semi-refractory clay to create glazed ceramic works, most of all he loves the Raku technique. She teaches Kintsugi, an ancient Japanese technique based on the idea of "giving life" to broken objects by embellishing them with dust and gold leaf, at Qui-Arte as well as being our adviser.

"I try to improve my work artistically by mixing all the techniques I know for working with clay while also combining the fun in inventing original subjects."

With an artistic training and work experience as a laboratory technician in a recovery community, Daniela alternates the craftsmanship, that of weaving, with a more artistic part, the creation of watercolors. It takes inspiration from the nature that surrounds it e  from the "old things", the ancient traditions. She holds courses in watercolor, macrame, weaving and drawing for children at Qui-Arte as well as being our president.

"This work requires patience, attention to detail and long execution times and is testimony to my search for a life as close to nature as possible."

Simonetta is an architect and a tango dancer, a creative and curious person of everything that is unknown or little known, because through knowledge she can broaden cultural and individual horizons. Plus, she's our secretary. She began a career as an artisan moved by the sense of wonder in seeing the idea of a project transformed into an object. In her artistic process she likes to use different materials and decontextualize them, for example upholstery fabrics that become belts or bags.

"In fact, nothing in particular and at the same time everything I see inspires my artisan activity ... ideas are born suddenly and unexpectedly."

Roberta comes from Naples, where she studied visual arts with a specialization in sculpture. His passion for art and especially for sculpture has always been a constant. Through his work he tries to shape his own artistic and artisan identity in the field of ceramic object design. He holds a lathe modeling course at Qui-Arte.

"Although that of ceramic processing is a very ancient practice, which lends itself to multiple useful purposes, it is above all a means of expression and the evolution of contemporary techniques and materials allow it to never exhaust its potential."

Peppa is a painter, sculptor and ceramist who creates works in natural terracotta, bucchero, raku and porcelain. Art and drawing teacher, lives and works in Piacenza. He has successfully participated in painting and sculpture exhibitions, held in Italy and abroad, and has obtained numerous awards and prizes. He teaches clay modeling at Qui-Arte.

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Carolina has a large creative repertoire, creating scarves, stoles, bags, hats, bijoux, and interior items such as panels and lamps, and the list goes on. She is fascinated by fabrics inspired by noble threads, textures and fibers such as silk, but also hemp, cotton and linen. . .then cut, glue, paint, sew, assemble.

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Paola decorates ceramics, creates uniqueness with her own hands. During the courses held at Qui-Arte we talk about porcelain, apply the ancient and modern techniques that allow you to decorate it according to your taste and the different "feeling" of each of us.

“Many years ago a dear friend hosted me in Paris allowing me to attend courses at the Sevres Manufacture . A fantastic and fascinating universe was revealed to me. "

Fabrizia is an artist full of life, she has always tried to listen to herself and to put into art what she felt inside. He has studied and worked in countless exhibitions, especially in the Piacenza area. He creates sculptures in terracotta, the expressive language he feels most his own. 

“We all have an unimaginable inner strength that we do not exploit, we must try to draw from it and there we discover wonders: this is my experience, which I also express through sculpture; I trust and let myself be guided by this Vital Energy that only brings me good, leads me towards true Life, a full Life. "