Family trades city life for artisan work in Italian lakes
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Maddalena Berliat, a 37-year-old artist with four children, left Milan, Italy, with her family to establish a workshop in Miasino, a village on Lake Orta.
Berliat and her family sought a life with a stronger connection to nature and a more human scale than the city offered. She now creates unique t-shirts and other items using natural dyes and traditional techniques. Berliat gathers colours from local plants and flowers, processing them to create dyes for her work.
She uses a hand-operated printing press to apply her designs, ensuring each piece is original. The artisan values the joy she feels while creating and hopes to share that happiness with those who purchase her work. She consciously chose a slower, more manual approach to creation, embracing traditional methods in a time when artificial intelligence automates many processes. Berliat finds fulfillment in contributing a personal touch to the lives of others through her craft.
