A goldsmith by training, Carbone ran his own workshop-boutique in Florence, Italy till 1985 when he found that the number of people, eager to acquire his skills was increasing. This is how Carbone, with four young Italian students set up Le Arti Orafe, a private school of goldsmithery and jewellery design in Lucca in Italy. Today, nearly a quarter of a century later, he boasts 75 students and coincidentally this year he has enrolled three eager Indian students among the 75.

Carbone’s vision is artistic research which he says forms the basis of inspiration for big companies. This passion is what led him to set up Lucca Preziosa, a design festival four years ago, as a platform for the latest, most unique concepts in contemporary research jewellery. And it is the fourth edition of the same ‘The Cutting Mirror,’ which Carbone has brought to Delhi’s Italian Embassy for two weeks with the work of 12 artists.

The man who has the last word is one of the culture sponsors, Director Ganjam, Umesh Ganjam, who heads the over century old Indian luxury jewellery house, who has brought Carbone to India for the two week exhibition.