AMA Artistici Marmi Apuani

The Artistici Marmi Apuani workshop is born in 1962 as a partnership between Carlo Andrei, technical manager, and his son Mario. Carlo, already ornamentist at Nicoli workshop, becomes partner of the same firm, after having learnt the moulding practice at the Arts and Crafts School at Carrara Academy of Fine Arts. At that time the Carrara workshop, placed in Piazza XXVII Aprile, counts the presence of Arturo Martini sculptor from whom Andrei works long deserving his full confidence. He establishes, besides, lasting business relations with many world-wide renown artists who avail themselves of his abilities. Among the artists Andrei has worked for, great names are to be counted, such as: Hanry Moore, Duprè, Sironi, Alberto Viani, Signori, Bodini, Vangi, Hans Arp, Jean-Robert Iposteguy, Jesper Nergard, Emma De Sigaldi, Etienne Desmet. Many of them will follow him in his new workshop called A.M.A., placed in Via delle Pinete in Marina di Carrara, where from 1985 they go on working with his homonymous nephew Carlo. Besides keeping alive the traditional sculpture work (modern, classical and religious one), other fields have been developed such as: design, flooring and covering, always trying to keep the high artistic level of the production. In the showroom you can find unique signed pieces of contemporary art, some classical copies realised from models, bronzes in limited pulling, fountains, columns and original pieces of furniture. Sculpture stages have been organizing for some years. They suit both those who want to approach to this matter for the first time and those who would like to get a deeper knowledge of it.