Where history meets originality.
We create not to replicate the past, but to reinterpret it through a modern, personal lens. Each piece is a singular expression, emerging from cultural echoes, shaped by curiosity, and carried forward by imagination.
Rooted in research, carried by care
Each tooling begins with deep research. We approach historical and cultural themes with humility, preserving their integrity while letting them live on through new hands, with authenticity and care.
Stories you can feel.
Our creations are fragments of feeling and memory. Each gesture, each detail becomes an invitation to a quiet exchange between past and present, between the one who makes and the one who wears.
Nothing rushed but considered.
We value time, precision, and the patient pursuit of true artistry. From sketch to the final polish, every phase reflects dedication, skill, and a commitment to creating something evocative, meaningful, and lasting.
Time isn’t a constraint; it’s the soul of what we create. While the world rushes forward, we choose to slow down. Some things reveal their true nature only with time.
Before any tool touches leather, there’s an inspiration, a story, and research. We value what’s made with time, care, and meaning. That’s why we craft slowly, selectively, with purpose.
When a theme grips us, we rebuild it, piece by piece, preserving its essence through a custom cliché that captures its soul with precision. But that’s only the beginning; from there, the hands take over.
Each piece begins as a personal process, from raw leather to finished form. It’s hand-tooled on custom baselines, painted, hand-dyed, assembled using traditional saddle-stitching, and burnished one by one until it takes on its character.
We work outside industrial rhythms; each creation takes the time it needs to emerge. We preserve a living heritage, so our work endures through time.
It begins with research, not into trends, but into memory. We study ancient images, tales, manuscripts, sculptures, and sacred and pagan symbols.
We seek signs that still speak across time. Our process blends historical study with instinctive craftsmanship. Each piece is hand-shaped, slowly and attentively.
Each surface asks to be listened to. Every tooling bears the artisan’s imprint — someone who knows how to read and respond to the material with care.
We use vegetable-tanned leather; untreated, certified by the Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana, and selected among the finest. This material responds to time: it ages, changes, and carries stories within its surface.
Like relics, our pieces gain value over time. They don’t fear time; they embrace it and grow more authentic.
Through symbols and fine details, I try to revive a lost dimension; one that once lived in gestures, objects, and everyday rites. It’s a way of seeing more closely; of rekindling wonder. A quiet alternative to frenzy. A way of telling my story by hand. Since 2016, I’ve refined every gesture and method so that each reflects the vision I carry.
Time isn’t a constraint; it’s the soul of what we create. While the world rushes forward, we choose to slow down. Some things reveal their true nature only with time.
Before any tool touches leather, there’s an inspiration, a story, and research. We value what’s made with time, care, and meaning. That’s why we craft slowly, selectively, with purpose.
It begins with research, not into trends, but into memory. We study ancient images, tales, manuscripts, sculptures, and sacred and pagan symbols.
We seek signs that still speak across time. Our process blends historical study with instinctive craftsmanship. Each piece is hand-shaped, slowly and attentively.
Each surface asks to be listened to. Every tooling bears the artisan’s imprint — someone who knows how to read and respond to the material with care.
When a theme grips us, we rebuild it, piece by piece, preserving its essence through a custom cliché that captures its soul with precision. But that’s only the beginning; from there, the hands take over.
We use vegetable-tanned leather; untreated, certified by the Consorzio Vera Pelle Italiana, and selected among the finest. This material responds to time: it ages, changes, and carries stories within its surface.
Like relics, our pieces gain value over time. They don’t fear time; they embrace it and grow more authentic.
Each piece begins as a personal process, from raw leather to finished form. It’s hand-tooled on custom baselines, painted, hand-dyed, assembled using traditional saddle-stitching, and burnished one by one until it takes on its character.
We work outside industrial rhythms; each creation takes the time it needs to emerge. We preserve a living heritage, so our work endures through time.
Through symbols and fine details, I try to revive a lost dimension; one that once lived in gestures, objects, and everyday rites. It’s a way of seeing more closely; of rekindling wonder. A quiet alternative to frenzy. A way of telling my story by hand. Since 2016, I’ve refined every gesture and method so that each reflects the vision I carry.
I’m Michele, and since childhood, I’ve shaped things by hand, experimenting with any materials I found — often imagining myself in another time. When making was ritual, and meaning mattered more than function.
It became inevitable — I had to create something that united it all. That’s how RELIQ was born: a blend of passions, skills, and a need to build something true to who I am.
Not to follow trends, but to see the present through what the past still whispers. History isn’t just memory. It speaks — if we listen.
Later, I explored other ways of making: 3D animation and digital techniques that shaped ideas into new artistic languages. They gave me a fresh perspective — and led me back to the richness of real materials. I learned that every surface speaks: through texture, flaws, and how it catches light.
I’m Michele, and since childhood, I’ve shaped things by hand, experimenting with any materials I found — often imagining myself in another time. When making was ritual, and meaning mattered more than function.
Later, I explored other ways of making: 3D animation and digital techniques that shaped ideas into new artistic languages. They gave me a fresh perspective — and led me back to the richness of real materials. I learned that every surface speaks: through texture, flaws, and how it catches light.
It became inevitable — I had to create something that united it all. That’s how RELIQ was born: a blend of passions, skills, and a need to build something true to who I am.
Not to follow trends, but to see the present through what the past still whispers. History isn’t just memory. It speaks — if we listen.
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