BOIS ET ROIS – CAPUZZO Katia
With an artisan background and spirit, Katia has long wandered through various courses and professional trainings: from dressmaking (and velvet embroidery) to sculpture and wood and clay carving, driven by the desire to create freely without rigid patterns.
Since 1999, she has taken part in the Sant’Orso Fair, where interaction with the public continues to inspire the evolution of her creations. Her experiences in international fashion-related fairs have also encouraged her to broaden her horizons.
For over twenty-five years, however, it is Aosta Valley craftsmanship that has been Katia’s main source of inspiration: she creates sculptures but above all tatà (wooden and ceramic toys) and home décor items inspired by the local fauna and flora, combining different techniques, materials and colours. More recently, she has also created a line of natural walnut jewellery, “because even wood scraps are too precious to be thrown away”, as she likes to say.
VOULAZ Nicole
Nicole began her handicraft journey in 2012, inspired by her father who sews leather by hand. Fascinated by his work, she decided to dedicate herself to creating bags, cases, key rings, diaries, necklaces, and hair accessories, mainly stitching by hand with a needle and thread.
Her passion for handicrafts drives her to create unique objects, always seeking new materials and innovative solutions.
In 2013, she took part in her first fair and has never missed an appointment since, taking her creations to regional fairs and establishing herself as a constant presence in the local craft scene, thanks also to the opening of her company in 2025.
LE BOIS QUI TOURNE – PODDA Alessandro
After learning the technique of wood carving, Alessandro Podda approached the turning to have the opportunity to produce his own wooden objects to be carved. He then attended turning courses in France and in the Aosta Valley, becoming increasingly passionate about this activity, until this passion became a real profession in 2018.
Alessandro says that to create a turned object means to dedicate yourself with love to a project and only by taking care of the details and searching for the best wood you can, you get a unique result.
Its production ranges from objects of use such as plates, fruit trays and bowls, to furnishing accessories characterized by the elegance of the shapes and consists of local essences such as maple, linden, walnut, birch, elm, mulberry, boxwood, apple, pear, apricot, plum, cherry, almond.