OUR PRODUCTS ARE INTENDED FOR REFINED AND EDUCATED CUSTOMERS, WHO KNOW HOW TO UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF THESE OBJECTS AND KNOW HOW TO LOVE THEM AS THOSE WHO WANTED AND CREATED THESE COLLECTIONS WITH DURABILITY AND DEDICATION.
Made in Sicily processing
On the slopes of Etna, the Artesole Art Factory,
transforms the red-hot Lava into true design!
Between Art and Crafts
With the material that the volcano Etna offers, ARTESOLE loves to transform into works of art, what appears to many a shapeless and soulless gray matter.
This is the thought of the owners who have been able to create their work in complete freedom. In the management of their company, the executive staff formed by Giuseppe, Gianvito and Michele shares their passion for their work every day. The selection of the raw material and its transformation into furnishing solutions that ARTESOLE offers to its customers is the result of the presence of creative imagination which makes each item unique unique..
Design and refinement: the leitmotiv that characterizes each complement chosen for sale.
Lava stone to give strength and color, Wood, to give warmth. Iron, to give resistance. Ceramics, to give elegance.
For this reason, in each product it is possible to find beauty in the shapes and in the decorations, technology in the combination of materials and nature in the materials themselves. Each article expresses a lifestyle, the owners say talking about their products. So not only design and technology products, but also a valid collaboration service for its customers, in order to grow together.
ARTESOLE has been operating for over forty years on the national territory and international. She conducts her business with professionalism and seriousness and this has guaranteed her a satisfied and aware clientele. In fact, customers follow the sales proposal as they know they find refinement and avant-garde in the products purchased.
In the products it produces, harmony and innovation cannot be missing: characteristics that are inseparable in order to confer validity to the goods and quality to the service.
Management Group
Gianvito Sorbello
– Founding member –
Responsible for blast furnace and lava stone enamelling
Giuseppe Sorbello
– Administrator –
Founder of the Artesole brand
(Marketing Manager)
Michele Maugeri
– Founding Partner, Interior Designer –
Head of design, carpentry and customer relations
Artesole management team:
Michele – Chiara – Santa – Filippo – Giuseppe – Gianvito
Historical photo of Artesole staff
The ARTESOLE SRL company is an integral part of the Etna Lava Stone District and the Etna Lava Stone Consortium.
The Etna Lava Stone is a great resource of the Ionian Etna area that offers great employment opportunities especially in the ceramic-coated lava stone processing sector, of which the company Artesole di Giarre is the leader and leader in the sector.
The District therefore has the main objective of promoting and making this precious and unique product known worldwide. ceramic-coated lava stone or majolica hand-painted by expert local craftsmen and to give success to the entire sector by taking on the task of transmitting our artistic culture that has millenary traditions.
ARTESOLE S.R.L. is the only company in Europe to autonomously realize the entire production cycle of all our products.
Leader in the sector:
ARTESOLE stands out for having invested over time in innovative machinery and Maestranze which allow the company to independently carry out the entire production cycle, taking charge of each processing sector in a unique way and in step with technology.
This distinctive feature is synonymous with the quality of the manufactured product.
Our factory in Giarre measures 3,000 square meters and all the operations necessary for the creation of the products are carried out inside it, starting from the processing of lava stone, to the strictly manual decoration of tables, objects for interior furnishings, urban furniture, garden furniture, up to the construction of our removable masonry effect kitchens.
Book: The Story “The Dream Factory” (Only Italian version)
From tradition to innovation. An adventure in an ancient world looking to the future
About us
The welcome visit of the very illustrious Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi to the Artesole atelier in Macchia di Giarre who transforms the lava of Etna into works of art
Thanks to the citizens of Giarre and their mayor, Leo Cantarella, for this solemn commendation.
As Goethe said, “Italy, without Sicily, leaves no image in the spirit. It is in Sicily that the key to everything is found. […] The purity of the contours, the softness of everything, the yielding exchange of colors, the harmonious unity of the sky with the sea and the sea with the earth. […] Whoever has seen them only once will possess them for life. “
Vittorio Sgarbi – Facebook
Tuesday 4th October 2022
The Mayor of Giarre Dr. Leo Cantarella gives Prof. Sgarbi a lava stone plaque depicting Sicily, made by the Atelier Artesole
Professor Vittorio Sgarbi with the Mayor of Giarre Dr. Cantarella, the former city councilor Orazio Maccarrone, Dr. Antonella Santonoceto, in the ARTESOLE Atelier
Professor Vittorio Sgarbi and Giuseppe Sorbello toast with the lava stone cups produced in our Atelier
Professor Sgarbi, seated at one of our tables, appreciates the drawings of the Sicilian paladins depicted in it
Professor Vittorio Sgarbi with Giuseppe Sorbello ARTESOLE in Macchia di Giarre, appreciates the lava stone table with the hand-decorated decorations of Sicilian paladins
Professor Vittorio Sgarbi asks for explanations on the technical characteristics of the ceramic-coated lava stone, with respect to resistance, durability and stain resistance.
Professor Vittorio Sgarbi tastes a delicious wine in one of our lava stone glasses with ceramic interior.
Giuseppe Sorbello gives Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi a pair of lava stone cups with tray made in our Atelier and much appreciated by him.
Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi asks for explanations on our lava stone creations from our raw material, the lava of Etna
Teacher Lucia Cardillo welcomes Prof. Vittorio Sgarbi at the Atelier Artesole in Macchia di Giarre
Video
Video Artesole s.r.l. – Atelier
Video Artesole on Radio Universal TV
Video Processing at the Artesole factory
The historical writer Salvatore Maugeri and Prof. Nellina Ardizzone 8 June 2019 at the farmhouse “La pietra antica o munti” present the Artesole history book written by Salvatore Maugeri. The book tells the story of the Artesole company from its birth with the first experiments on the ceramicization of lava stone, establishing itself today as a leading company at the forefront in the furniture sector “Masonry kitchens, tables, garden furniture, floors, coverings and fashion jewelry high quality”.
Conference President of the Etna Lava Stone Consortium Dr. Geologist Alfio Grassi. On the occasion of the presentation of the story-book “Artesole”, he talks about the “La Pietra Lavica nel District Etneo” supply chain of the various processes and productions including the ceramization of lava surfaces, focusing in particular on the history of the leading company Artesole di Giarre which transforms the washes in real works of art, such as kitchens, tables, garden furniture and coatings, placing itself at the forefront in the production of innovative lava materials for interior and exterior furnishings. Recently it has introduced a new production line in the high quality fashion jewelery / costume jewelery sector.
Presentation of the book of the history of ARTESOLE written by Prof. Salvatore Maugeri at the Michele Amari Giarre Higher Education Institute (Liceo Classico) on 24 May 2019
Thesis on the Artesole company of the pupil Mara Di Benedetto “5th A Liceo Classico M. Amari di Giarre”
Presentation of the book narrating the history of the Artesole art factory. Title: “Artesole – The dream factory – From tradition to innovation – An adventure in an ancient world looking to the future”
Giuseppe Sorbello – ARTESOLE Art Factory – was awarded the prestigious “Oscar of Handicraft 2018” – www.artesole.it