Maria Sole Ferragamo
Most designs display a masked mystery. They look as if they are heavy pieces made of metal, but when touched they bare their true texture: light, soft leather. Maria Sole Ferragamo (b. 1990, Florence, IT) works at the intersection of leather artisanship, jewellery design, architecture and visual arts. She holds a Degree in Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano, Milan, IT and a MA Design (Jewellery) from Central Saint Martins, London, UK. In 2017, she founded SO-LE STUDIO to function as a brand, laboratory and artistic umbrella within which to gather her creations and projects; rescuing and transforming high-quality leather leftovers into unique jewellery, as well as opening up conversations and cross-field collaborations. Throughout SO-LE STUDIO, she regularly collaborates with Elisabetta Cipriani Gallery, with which she has presented elements of her collections at Art Basel and MiArt. Her creations were included in the exhibitions MEMOS curated by Maria Luisa Frisa at Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan, IT (2020); SUSTAINABLE THINKING at Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, Florence, IT (2019-20), and have been featured on Icon Magazine, L’Officiel, Harper’s Bazaar Greece, Io Donna, La Repubblica and Il Corriere amidst others. In 2020, upon commission from Museo del Novecento, she designed the piece Crisalide di Sole […]
