A pink flamingo to the Soliti Ignoti     In 2019 I was invited to the “Soliti Ignoti” broadcast, hosted by Amadeus. I chose to reproduce a pink flamingo, an animal with an elegant bearing, so that it would be a welcome gift for the presenter's wife, an established dancer.

My land is where I rest my feet     A Sicilian family emigrated in Australia, turned to me for a personalised creation, driven by the wish to bring some of our wonderful land with them. Their nostalgia inspired me this music box that, thanks to the power of imagination, move these two different and distant places closer: a couple and a kangaroo live the islands above a sea of notes.

I want a train loaded with colours       A father wanted to give his son a music box, but the boy was crazy about toy trains. It seemed to him to have made an irreconcilable request, nevertheless playing with geometrical shapes, I managed to create a little stylised train full of colours. I only ask the customer to express his wish, then it is up to me to give it a shape!

Dance as if no one was watching      Flowers normally are offered to each dancer at the end of a show. In my music box they become essential scenography, silent audience, colourful presence.  

Guardians of my island     Another article that represents my Sicilianism, dedicated to the coasts keepers, from Augusta to Favignana, passing from Lampedusa and then moving to San Vito lo Capo, hiking up to the top of Strombolicchio to the Montorsoli Beacon, visible to those coming from the continent. My lighthouse, with its essential shapes, represents them all and has become one of the most captivating items in my production.

Control tower, we are ready to fly       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!          

Write with the light     Created for a photographer, this music box depicts her main instrument, a vintage camera: “the camera is a sort of professor: it teaches me to understand the world, to see how things come together. It teaches me to remember the past because it makes me look back. I obey from time to time, but not always. It’s like a person”. Arno Rafael Minkkinen      

A peddler, three wheels and more flavours     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.    

Because you are there     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”.                

Together as concentric circles     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.    

Not just 4 wheels     Some people see an historic car, others see a modern MPV, I only put together squares and circles to shape a  toy car to the delight of children. I still remember my favourite toy car, the one I used to play with as a child. I hope this one could become as unforgettable for someone!  

Describe the world around you, you will understand how lucky you are     A photographer’s gaze on the world passes through his camera’s viewfinder. This is the idea that guided me in creating the music box Point of View, ordered by a girl from Padua as a gift for her uncle, who is a photographer. Here you see the photographer on the background of the music box, leaning on his equipment aiming the lens to shoot as a gigantic human eye.