Bravo Bellante’s Dino Di Silvestre for his hand carved and whittled wonderful take on rural life in Abruzzo (La Vita Contadina in miniatura), I love the stern ladies, such expression, they’d make someone a great cook book cover.
Outside of viewings at local sagre, available by appointment only, tel 346 5178244.
Author: Sam Dunham
Sam is a freelance SEO content creator and IGCSE Geography and English teacher at Istituto Cristo Re in Rome. She also runs the Life In Abruzzo Cultural Association, sharing stories and insights about this captivating region. Alongside raising a teenager, Sam hosts guests at her family’s traditional home, the Little House of the Firefly in Abruzzo, offering a warm welcome and insider tips on local culture, food, and hidden gems.
These are wonderful! Especially the character in some of the faces. Grazie mille for posting this – have never seen these before.
They\’re absolutely superb, I can\’t imagine how long it took him to create them, this is just a fraction it was 3 tables big especially and making them all move too, ie the pasta ladies rolling backwards and forwards etc.