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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.

Mariantonia Urru
Along with her four sons, Mariantonia has built her workshop on the preservation of traditional techniques, some of which have become exceedingly rare. The Urru family has also dedicated themselves to recreating the entire chain of production, producing their own yarns, making their own wefts and hand finishing each carpet. Unlike other artisans, however, they have balanced out their dedication to traditional technique and production by simultaneously teaming up with international designers, further innovating their own productive capabilities. To that end, this collaboration with Pretziada is their first collection based on historic Sardinian textiles.
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