ATELIER GALENE
MARTINA OLIVERO
Hello! My name is Martina and I'm an artisan and naturalist.
In my laboratory, I create macramé lace and stone jewelry inspired by the nature that surrounds me: there's no place that hasn't sparked the idea for a necklace or a ring, strange but true!
I have a true mantra that I apply from choosing which vegetables to cook to the jewelry I create: it's better to do a few things well than many things haphazardly. That's why I do what I do: I want to restore the rightful value to things that have slowly lost it.
LALAZOO ARTELIER
LAURA DELL'ERBA
My art is collaborating with Nature. I create textile objects exclusively with natural fibres. I like working with my hands and with what Nature offers: mine are unique and unrepeatable pieces, because they are the result of seasonal, occasional encounters between fibers and plants. Each piece, thread, fabric, dress, tapestry, is dyed only with natural colors, thanks to techniques such as ecoprint or botanical printing, Shibori, vegetable inks, indigo. I also deal with spinning with the spindle and the wheel and the symbolic meanings linked to these activities, the dyeing plants and the colors obtained from them.
LAVANDALAB
FRANCESCA VENTRONI
Hi everyone, I'm Francesca, the mind, heart and hands behind LavandaLab! I started my story by sneering at the world and now I want to wrap it in wool! My passion weaves threads, wools and fabrics with upcycling, creating unique and colorful pieces, sometimes irresistible...
NENEEDLE
Nene
Nene (he/they - "lui" in Italian) has always been a creative and art-loving individual. Through various passions such as cinema, comics, tabletop and role-playing games, and cosplay, he learns tailoring and pattern-making, and soon develop a fascination for textile arts: knitting, crocheting, weaving, and modern embroidery. In the latter, he discovers a powerful means of communication, a way to relax and detach from everyday life, and an engaging and connected community. In December 2020, he gives a name to this project, "neneedle," combining "nene" and "needle," as needle in English.
His favorite subjects to depict are connected to the natural world: animals, leaves, fruits, and vegetables, which share values and themes that reflect the core principles of neneedle: environmental awareness, recycling, sustainability; queerness, bodily expression, and free expression of art, the LGBTQ+ community, pride in being oneself; and creativity, art and passion for beauty.
