One beautiful summer, in a small village in Sicily, Alice Reina’s aunt opened a ceramic raku workshop. That summer Alice almost never left the workshop. She played with clay and shaped objects, fascinated by the material and its infinite possibilities. Then the summer ended, and Alice closed the door of the workshop and her newfound passion for about 15 years. She started studying at Turin Polytechnic University and became a professional architect. One morning in March 2015, she felt the need to rediscover her passion for ceramics and she founded Biancodichina. A year later, she opened her first workshop in a courtyard in the centre of Turin. Though Turin has no ceramic tradition, Alice has always been fascinated by its architectural beauty, the uniformity of its streets, the play of light and shadows, and she believes this calmness and elegance have naturally become part of her work.
Alice Reina
