This mosaic portrays a graceful vine branch bending toward a young shoot growing from the earth, creating a quiet dialogue between maturity and new life. The minimalist composition emphasizes the beauty of nature and the enduring cycle of growth, renewal, and continuity.

Throughout history, the vine has symbolized life, abundance, resilience, and hope. Its ability to regenerate year after year has made it a universal emblem of rebirth and perseverance, while its fruit has long represented celebration, generosity, and the bond between people.

The relationship between the older vine and the young plant may also be seen as a metaphor for the passing of knowledge, traditions, and values from one generation to the next. It reminds us that every new beginning is rooted in what came before, and that strength often grows from deep connections with the past.

The artist enhances this message through the natural colors and textures of the stone, allowing the materials themselves to evoke the changing seasons and the quiet strength of nature. The delicate balance between simplicity, movement, and symbolism invites the viewer to reflect on the beauty of growth, resilience, and renewal.

Stones used: Bardiglio, Opal from Madagascar, Verdite from Africa.

Year of composition: 2023

Size: cm 42,5x25,5

Artist: Leonardo Scarpelli 

An original and authentic hand-made artwork created whith the antique technique of Commesso Fiorentino which is unique for Florence.

Commesso Fiorentino was born with Medici family, one of the most important families in Florence, in the second half of 1500.

The research of the stones is made by the mosaicist that must be able to choose from a rich and wide range of shades and veins: for this reason the artists personally search and collect the stones retracing the paths of the Medici researchers.

The processing starts by drawing the subject on adhesive paper, that is then cut into small tamplates that will be attached to the variegated shades of the stones following the visual instinct, the innate gift of the artist and his perfect knowledge of the materials. The shape of the little piece will be cut by hand with a chestnut, cherry or hazelnut wood bow and an iron wire that flows with abrasive powder and water. It creates a very precise and inclined cut to form the essential spaces to accommodate the glue, made by artisans with beeswax and pine tree resin. The different stones are previously glued onto a slate surface which acts as a support during the cutting and filing phase. The various pieces which form the composition are adjusted in shape with diamond files, glued together so that the joints are invisible, flattened and finally polished in order to create a perfect decorative harmony showing the colors of nature in all their radiance.