Roberto Cipollone
Roberto Cipollone (Ciro) was born in Pescara in 1947 where he spent his childhood and years as a young man around the foundry run by his father. In 1970 he went to Holland were he lived for six years employed as a factory worker. In 1977 he moved in Loppiano; near Florence, were he is living and working up to the present.
Here in 1982 he established and developed “La Bottega Di Ciro”, a medieval-like artistic workshop, where painting, sculpture, architecture, art and craftsmanship are in harmony.
For his work he employs several materials: wood, iron, stone, fabric, waste material, which he considers as the richest of life.
“The material I use is a clear and well oriented choice: it's intentionally not precious. It's value is hidden. I only try to let the object tell those humble stories which are still unknown".