Osanna Visconti

Osanna Visconti di Modrone is a Milanese artisan and designer who works with traditional techniques, in particular the lost-wax casting of both bronze and silver — one of the oldest known metal-forming techniques, dating back 6,000 years, once used by sculptors like Rodin and Camille Claudel.
Her earliest inspiration derives from jewellery pieces made for her mother by famous Italian artists, including Lucio Fontana and Arnaldo Pomodoro. She worked for Christie's in New York before making jewellery for several years, then decided to make "jewels for the home" — vases made with leaves, candelabras, tables, room dividers, and bookshelves — on a larger scale using the same technique.