The joy
of artistic
creation
My passion has always been to create jewels that make the wearer dream.
Dream like you would in front of a work of art, allowing creativity and interpretation to rise within you.
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The joy of
artistic creation
My passion has always been to create jewels that make the wearer dream.
Dream like you would in front of a work of art, allowing creativity and interpretation to rise within you.
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Collections
Materials and pursuit
The pursuit of poetry in my jewellery comes from the choice of the materials I use.
Silver, bronze and semi precious stones convey the sincerity I wish to express in each of my pieces.
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Territory
I found my roots in Pietrasanta. After a long journey I heard the voice of Versilia whispering to me with words from the sea and the stones.
I entered the world of craftsmen and artists where even the air is full of creativity and every street evokes emotions.
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Care and maintenance
If your jewellery loses the patina which characterizes it, come to the shop. I will be happy to see you again, have a chat and polish your Tinteforti jewellery.
Here are some useful tips for care and maintenance.
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The joy of artistic creation
My passion has always been to create jewels that make the wearer dream.
Dream like you would in front of a work of art, allowing creativity and interpretation to rise within you.
Often, in dreams or just during the day, shapes come to my mind and a new piece asks to be made. That is how my creative process becomes a journey to searching my soul through the materials I choose.
After having studied goldsmithing in Florence, my creative path lead me to live in different parts of the world, from Africa to South America. In each of these places my vision was enriched with shapes, colours and sensations.
When I came back to live in Pietrasanta, my home town, the suggestions I had received and collected little by little blended with the artistic traditions of the town. I became very fond of lost wax casting and the contrasting chromatics of the patination for making silver and bronze jewels, like small sculptures to wear.
Materials and pursuit
The pursuit of poetry in my jewellery comes from the choice of the materials I use.
Silver, bronze and semi precious stones convey the sincerity I wish to express in each of my pieces.
Bronze in particular, a live metal with a prevalence of copper reacts and changes according to the surroundings and to the person wearing it.
Each creation is designed, polished and sculpted by hand. The signs of apparent imperfections stand out as accents of elegant uniqueness.
I experiment with metals using unusual materials for shaping, like ice or coal to give each piece the effect I desire.
I follow my instincts, combining the millennial technique of lost wax casting with the patination that is typical of the traditional sculptural in Versilia.
Each piece of jewellery, with its personal patina, meshes with time and the generations that will wear it.
Art, technique and materials are the three elements that give life to each collection, alive and unique like the creative wave that guides my work.
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Tinteforti nasce dalla gioia della creazione artistica.
Da sempre il mio obiettivo è creare monili che facciano sognare chi li indossa e come accade davanti a un’opera d’arte, lascino spazio alla creatività e all’interpretazione.
Spesso, in sogno o durante la giornata, nella mia mente appaiono le forme di un nuovo gioiello che chiede di essere realizzato. Così il processo creativo si trasforma in un viaggio per esplorare la mia anima attraverso i materiali che scelgo.
Dopo aver imparato l’arte orafa alla scuola di Firenze, il mio cammino creativo mi ha portato a vivere in diverse aree del mondo, dall’Africa al Sudamerica, e in ognuno di questi luoghi il mio sguardo si è arricchito di forme, colori e sensazioni.
Quando sono tornata a vivere a Pietrasanta, la mia città natale, le suggestioni che avevo collezionato a poco a poco si sono integrate alla tradizione artistica della città. Mi sono appassionata all’antica tecnica della fusione a cera persa e ai contrasti cromatici della patinatura per realizzare gioielli d’argento e di bronzo, piccole sculture da indossare.
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Territory
I found my roots in Pietrasanta. After a long journey I heard the voice of Versilia whispering to me with words from the sea and the stones.
I entered the world of craftsmen and artists where even the air is full of creativity and every street evokes emotions.
Here at the foot of the Apuan Alps, Michelangelo Buonarroti found the marble stone from which he sculpted his David. Still to this day masters of international contemporary sculpture choose to live and open their studios in Pietrasanta.
Fernando Botero, an honorary citizen of Pietrasanta and Igor Mitoraj who will have a museum dedicated to him, forged their bronze sculptures in the antique foundries in Versilia. Theirs, along with other important artists’ works of art are scattered throughout the town inspiring the imagination of the observer.
In this tranquil place by the sea, creative spirit is expressed undisturbed and art becomes a collective experience. All around the centre of town I’m always finding a new art gallery. There are so many that Pietrasanta has the highest concentration of exhibition spaces in the world!
So my art enriches, I am inspired and I experiment with new sculpting techniques to create my jewellery.
Here, where I rediscovered my roots, art is renewed every day and the town turns into an open sky museum.
Care and maintenance
If your jewellery loses the patina which characterizes it, come to the shop. I will be happy to see you again, have a chat and polish your Tinteforti jewellery.
Here are some useful tips for care and maintenance:
- To bring back the shine to your jewellery use specific liquid products for bronze or silver. Put the product on a soft cloth and delicately rub the surfaces of your jewellery, avoiding the stones. Rinse and wash with a neutral liquid soap. Dry thoroughly to avoid staining.
- Keep your jewellery, better if separate, in a box or a cloth bag. Avoid air and light.
