On 10 July, Milano Certosa District serves a deliciously playful take on food obsessions —that you can’t actually eat!
Curated by TA-DAAN, the leading platform for contemporary artisans, the show brings together 8 celebrated makers whose work blurs the lines between fashion, design, and culinary culture. It’s a feast for the eyes, not the stomach.
Crafted through techniques ranging from embroidery and metalwork to plaster modeling, the exhibition features around 30 unique pieces. Each one transforms familiar food forms into bold artistic statements — celebrating the quirky, tactile beauty of food through the lens of slow fashion and design.
Featured artists
1.RugBurn
Angela Slider, the creative force behind RugBurn, is a California-born textile artist now based in Berlin. Her work is a vibrant fusion of Americana nostalgia and contemporary fiber art, drawing inspiration from 1990s Los Angeles and her kitchen.
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2.Federica Massimi
Federica Massimi is an Italian ceramic artist based in Rome. With a background in interior design, she discovered ceramics in 2019 and has since developed a distinctive style characterized by vibrant colors and playful forms. Her collections include nature-inspired sculptures, botanical motifs, and seasonal designs.
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3.Giorgio di Palma
Born in Grottaglie, a town renowned for its ceramic traditions, Giorgio di Palma plays with ceramics, creating warm memories and nostalgic pieces that seem like they came out of a fairytale. His playful reconstructions of everyday objects—like old phones, balloons, or cassette tapes—evoke a deep sense of childhood wonder, blending humor with heartfelt storytelling. Through bold color and hand-sculpted charm, Giorgio’s work reimagines the ordinary into timeless icons of emotion and memory.
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Snakes, pierced heads, and mysterious cake boxes... it’s not a checklist for a witch’s party, but the surreal and striking world of Lea, a Swiss-based ceramic artist who turns clay into darkly whimsical storytelling. Lea’s work blurs the line between sculpture and utility — pierced faces become flower vases, a cake box hides secrets, and serpents coil elegantly around functional forms. It’s ceramic with an attitude, made for those who appreciate both craftsmanship and a touch of the uncanny.
 
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5.Davide Furno
Davide Furno is a celebrated Italian master of ceroplastics — the delicate and rarely practiced art of sculpting with wax. Renowned for preserving this near-forgotten technique with exceptional precision and artistry, he was honored with the prestigious title of Maestro d’Arte e Mestiere in 2022. Every model is a labor of love, requiring up to eight weeks of meticulous work — from mold-making and casting to hand-coloring and fine detailing. Through his hands, wax becomes a medium of timeless realism and poetic stillness.
6.The inquisitive Bee
Caroline, the creative mind behind The Inquisitive Bee, is a UK-based multidisciplinary artist and blogger with a passion for all things handmade.
Her work often features playful, food-inspired textile sculptures. Notable pieces include a 3D pepperoni pizza with a levitating slice, a full English breakfast, and a series of embroidered desserts like doughnuts and Swiss rolls.
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7.Plate Button
Plate Button is a charming design project by London-based architectural designer Sabrina Lee, transforming haberdashery materials into miniature food art. The concept originated in 2018 during her architecture studies, where she used tiny white buttons to represent plates in a scaled restaurant model. This idea evolved into crafting miniature dishes using buttons, beads, threads, and fabric, resulting in delicate and playful representations of various cuisines.
8.Diego Nine
Diego Nine is a Galician-born ceramic artist based in Madrid, celebrated for his vibrant, hand-painted tableware that transforms everyday dining into a joyful ritual. Deeply inspired by his time in Sicily, Diego views the table as a canvas for storytelling, where food, nature, and design converge.
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Can art and food really mix? And what happens when they do?
Certosa Milano & TA-DAAN invite you to find out.
📍 Location: La Forgiatura, Via Varesina 162
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, July 10 | 6:30 PM
🎟️ Admission: Free with registration
