Francesca Carallo

She was born in Aradeo in the province of Lecce in 1960 and lives and works in Lecce. Her passion for papier-mâché took shape over time, after years of study and research. She is a craftswoman, designer and art director, and began her first works in 1995. Her creations are an original exploration of the potential of the material, which she turns into something soft, ductile and timeless and they express the resistance, lightness, transparency, dynamism and changeability of the material. Her projects occupy a place in contemporary living spaces, they have appeared in various national and international magazines and newspapers. Her interior design collections have created spaces and showrooms in Europe, USA, Japan, Arab countries, etc.