Carlo and Davide are wrought-iron artisans from Sottoguda. Their craft is deeply rooted in their relationship with the Dolomiti Bellunesi, drawing inspiration from close observation of nature, an intimate knowledge of materials and a desire to carry forward a tradition that is part of the area’s history and identity.
In the Dolomiti Bellunesi, traditions are more than memories of the past. They live on in gestures, places and skills, kept alive by those who choose to preserve and reinterpret them every day. Wrought iron becomes a living material: heated, shaped and transformed through precise, time-honoured movements, turning ideas inspired by nature into creations that tell the story of the mountains.
In Sottoguda, a village in the Dolomiti Bellunesi with a long tradition of wrought-iron craftsmanship, inspiration can be found everywhere: in the outline of the mountains, the movement of wildlife, the silence of the high peaks, the strength of the rock and the delicate yet powerful forms of nature. Creating means observing, imagining and carrying forward knowledge that is expressed through the hands but begins, first and foremost, with the way you look at the world around you.
Keeping a craft tradition alive means much more than preserving a trade. It means recognising the value of what gives a place its identity, safeguarding its memory and allowing it to remain relevant in the present. It is a balance between roots and creativity, technique and imagination, between what has been handed down and what is still waiting to take shape.
In the Dolomiti Bellunesi, those who work with their hands preserve an authentic way of understanding the mountains: not simply as a landscape to admire, but as a source of inspiration, belonging and identity.
