Amilcare Santini
Amilcare Satini was born in 1910 near the city of Florence in Tuscany. At the age of twelve he became an apprentice to the sculptor Colombini. He then traveled to Florence and attended the university for four years where he was instrumental in developing the process of combining marble, alabaster and resin. The material is then poured into rubber molds made by Santini, and then after it hardens, sitting at room temperature, the figure is taken out and completely finished by hand in the very bold artistic Italian tradition and style that the great masters of marble handled through the ages The marble and alabaster are found in the quarries near Volterra. The marble is originally black veined but is carefully checked to eliminate black spots and is pulverized before the resin is added, in order to complete the process. Amilcare Santini passed away in 1975 and now his son Nedo Santini and grandson Alberto Santini are the third generation of the Santini Family carrying on the tradition of producing these beautiful "object d'art". There are now four renowned sculptors that are active in this company. Enio Furesi specializes in classical and religious figurines, Isabella Di Fabio specializes in hand painted figurines and animals, Marcello Salvestrini specializes in Art Deco and nude figures and Andreas Kostner specializes in creche and holy images.
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