THE LABORATORY
“The Magical World” is an artistic laboratory that carries out a personalized and exclusive crafts, tradition of a place, Maremma, in which the objects of the past, of everyday use, mingle with modern forms of creativity and innovative techniques of ceramic processing. Its creations harmonize technology and design with the natural world from which it derives inspiration. Its production ranges from small everyday object to articles of furniture, makes custom artwork and bespoke, giving the house and to the objects of everyday uniqueness typical of handmade things.
In their laboratory Arcidosso, a small medieval town located on Mount Amiata (in the far south of Tuscany between Siena and the Maremma beaches), Barbara and Francesca have started in 1998 their creative activity. Tied by study and passion for ceramic art and by a sincere friendship, they joined their previous professional experiences (Barbara naturalistic and historical-artistic guide and Francesca graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence) to design and create unique and personal ceramic objects.
STAFF
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Francesca Bizzarri
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, in 1997 specializes in Ceramic Art, course during which she met Barbara.
From 2007 deals with educational workshops aimed at children of 1st and 2nd grade primary schools and from 2010 collaborates with The Amiata Museum System for the dissemination of art to children with thematic workshops.
From 2011 designs and produces art workshops for adults.
Her artistic activity ranges from construction of sets for theater to thematic exhibitions.
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Barbara Contri
Naturalistic and historical-artistic guide acting on the territory, organizes guided tours and workshops on environmental education for children and young people in collaboration with the Wildlike Park of Monte Amiata. In 1996 specializes in Animator of Community and in 1997 Ceramic Art, during which she met Francesca..
From 1998 deals courses for disabled people in specialized structures as Ceramic technician.