The ‘queen’ of Daniela Lai’s workshop, under the wide stone vaults, is the ‘Zaffera’, a technique dating back to the 15th century that the craftswoman has fully reproduced. The noble, blue-coloured relief technique is characterised by ornamental motifs that include geometric floral elements, animals and anthropomorphic figures, bearing witness to the fantastic and magical world born of medieval culture.

Lai also likes to use peperino, a local magmatic stone, which she carves and fires with thick crystals, before glazing and painting it.