My grandfather started his handcraft activity by producing Christmas characters in clay. Today I propose this music box based on the nativity scene, which represents a line of continuity across the generations.

    Il is difficult to put into words that wonderful feeling of enchantment and incredulity that one feels when watching at his newborn baby. I have tried to do it with my music box Enchantment, created for a couple of new parents from New York. Mom and Dad hold each other’s hands, united and filled with tenderness, they contemplate that little creature in silence almost holding their breath, a single thought: “Because you are there. You really are there”.

      This music box was created for the owner of a travel agency. What better than a plane to express the wish of a carefree departure!

    Carillon requested by a Sicilian architect who wanted to express the union of his family. Lgeometric shape that immediately came to mind was the circumference, because in it every point is firm, as in a family embrace, we hold each other tight and close to the heart.

    Carillon given by a couple to their little granddaughter, their crescent moon: promise of affectionate presence of uncles and hope for a bright future.

    By now, ice cream carts are rare in Italian and European metropolis. They were one of the symbols of products “made in Italy” exported abroad as a consequence of Italian emigration. When a mother from Palermo requested me a music box for her daughter, which would bring her back in time, I remembered an ancient photo I had seen in a café, portraying an ice cream seller and his cart: a vintage yet romantic idea.

    A tender, affectionate kitty which loves cuddles, playful and able to fill silences with its melody.

View over Paris     A loving couple embrace each other heart to heart and look out over the city from the Parisian hill.

    A mother knows how difficult it is to raise her children. Mothering is the delicate and intimate art of taking care of one’s child through love, comfort and attention. I wanted to represent a mother who looks proudly at her daughter, remaining by her side “one step after the other”.

    A girl wished something unique for her friends, a music box that recalled freedom… Who hasn’t dreamt to fly and to do it together with beloved people? I imagined them on a hot-air balloon, weightless and timeless, like if they were hanging on the sky, in the world where birds plunge their wings into the clouds.    

    There are important goals, like the achievement of an academic degree, which must be celebrated with rituals and symbols so as to fix them in people’s lives. I created this party favour for my life partner’s medical degree. The same person who encouraged me with her usual energy and positivity to focus my creativity on music boxes. In both cases it is a matter of touch: hers!  

    Mother and daughter lovers in a Parisian love ride with their feet on the ground and their hearts beyond the tower!