BIO
Samuel Costantini (b. 1979) lives and works in Fano, in the Marche region of Italy. From childhood he was immersed in the countryside, where the close observation of flowers, leaves, rocks and rivers shaped a visual language deeply rooted in nature.
After his studies, he joined the family workshop dedicated to bespoke furniture for the luxury sector. There he absorbed the discipline of traditional craftsmanship while learning to combine it with advanced tools and techniques. Encounters with architects and designers encouraged a spirit of research and innovation, while figures such as Carlo Scarpa and Frank Lloyd Wright, and the visionary language of Antoni Gaudí further shaped his sensibility, helping him develop a coherent and personal creative vocabulary.
INSPIRATION
For nearly two decades he gave shape to the ideas of others, absorbing their principles as though apprenticed in private. In 2019 he felt the need to express his own vision, founding Dal Furlo. The name pays homage to the Gola del Furlo Nature Reserve, a dramatic landscape carved by water through stone, which remains a constant source of inspiration.
Dal Furlo’s work embodies an organic design language: sculptural forms inspired by the natural world and expressed through copper, bronze and brass.
PROCESS & MATERIALS
Materials are often reclaimed from scrap, transformed entirely by hand and flame. Fire leaves its own imprint on the surface, guided yet never dominated, creating textures that recall bark, spider webs, or the shifting patterns of rivers.
Each piece is numbered and signed, merging traditional technique with contemporary experimentation. From sculptural vessels to functional furniture, every surface captures the tension between matter and time, reflecting both the vitality of nature and the artist’s enduring bond with his land.
TERRITORY : Gola del Furlo
The Furlo Gorge is a silent passage between dream and reality. The Candigliano river winds between towering cliffs in a reserve where landscape and biodiversity converge. This valley remains Samuel Costantini’s primary source of inspiration: a place where many creations take shape, and where even the smallest details—a fallen bark, a spider’s web, a budding leaf—resurface as sculptural stories in metal.
