Wood

Sedia Scanno da Ingresso

This noteworthy artefact with a handcrafted straw seat made from skilfully woven local marsh plants is decorated with carved motifs. It reproduces the traditional chair, su scannu, in the version which is used in combination with the well-known wedding chest.

Pierpaolo Mandis|Mogoro
Comodino Fiammato di Nule

The bedside table in ash wood, with two drawers and a simple structure, is characterised by the fine insert of woven fabric crafted according to the “flamed” technique typical of the textile tradition of Nule.

Giampiero Bitti B&B Arredamento|Nule
I granchietti

These playful crabs look excited, maybe for the pleasure of an unexpected encounter. Varying in details and colours with a creative one-off manufacturing design, they are made of wood and other recycled materials, exploiting the traces left by previous uses.

Is Femmineddas|
Testata letto matrimoniale Sole

The original circular shape of the bed headboard is made of chestnut wood and is decorated with an elegant central motif depicting a Sun with a stylised face and carved frames, being the obvious compositional craftsmanship and artistic skill.

Artintaglio|Buddusò
Panca Costera

With its soft lines, and fret-work and trimming decorations, this 3-seater bench is handmade with careful executive skills. It is characterised by a stylistic originality that reinterprets balanced formal synthesis.

Pasquale Farris|Nuoro

Il settore

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.