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The Perfect Union
Every year in the coldest weeks of the winter season, strange sculptures begin to appear in the fields all over the island. It is the moment for grafting.
Wild olive trees grow throughout the island and they produce perfectly tiny olives with a thin and bitter skin. However, though the oil from wild olives is supposedly superior to that of domesticated varieties, the yield is much, much lower. And so the grafting game begins. Wild olive trees grow throughout the island and they produce perfectly tiny olives with a thin and bitter skin. However, though the oil from wild olives is supposedly superior to that of domesticated varieties, the yield is much, much lower. And so the grafting game begins.
Karmine Piras
Born into a family of master carpenters, Karmine Piras began working with wood at a very young age. His passion for experimental archeology quickly lead him to forge his own path as a multidisciplinary craftsman and expert on the local Nuragic population. An autodidact in numerous techniques from bronze casting to sculpting stone & wood, Karmine has an attuned sensibility to shape and material.
What is your favorite place in Sardinia?
The place I love most in Sardinia is Sinis - for the wind, the colors, the sea, the history and the fact that it is the cradle of our island's civilization.
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