“IN MY WORKSHOP, I SEEK BALANCE BETWEEN THE MEMORY OF THE PAST AND THE LINES OF THE PRESENT. EACH PIECE IS A UNIQUE AND UNREPEATABLE FRAGMENT OF TIME, SHAPED BY THE RHYTHM OF THE HAMMER DURING THE BRIEF MOMENTS WHEN INCANDESCENT METAL YIELDS TO THE ARTISAN’S HAND. HERE, FIRE TRANSFORMS MATTER INTO AUTHORIAL DESIGN”

about me

My name is Stefano Robiglio, born in Acqui Terme in 1988.
My journey began with a scientific and technical education, but it found its true identity in the fire of the forge, where my vocation for metalworking became a life and artistic choice.

As a self-taught designer blacksmith, I chose to elevate artisanal technique into an expressive language, focusing my research on the perfect synthesis between form, material, and aesthetic impact.
I deeply believe in a primordial beauty inspired by the unalterable strength of nature: even in my modern and geometric design collections, the common thread remains the visual power of metal and its authoritative presence in space.

Each of my creations is a unique and unrepeatable entity, shaped through the rhythm of the hammer.
The work comes to life in that brief instant when incandescent metal yields to the will of the artisan, making the very act of creation visible.

In an era dominated by the virtual, I choose to celebrate the value of handmade craftsmanship.
I do not pursue fleeting trends, but see fine craftsmanship as the tool to transcend time and create objects meant to endure.

Since 2025, my work has been recognized by the Michelangelo Foundation, which included me in the prestigious Homo Faber Guide, an international reference for artisanal excellence.

Milan Home 2026
Salon des Refusés, Gare 82, 39 Vantini Oldstyle, Brescia
Medsoul – Artigiani del Mediterraneo, 2025, Genoa
Artisti d’Italia e Svizzera 2025, Villa Borromeo d’Adda, Arcore
Salone dell’Alto Artigianto Italiano 2024, Venezia
Pubblicazione sulla 60° edizione del Catalogo Arte Moderna, editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, 2024
DegustArte colline del Monferrato 2024
Articolo dedicato su Gardenia n°475 Novembre 2023
Dossier Arte plastica sulla 59° edizione del Catalogo Arte Moderna, editoriale Giorgio Mondadori, nel 2023
Pubblicazione di un mio cancello su Gardenia n°467 Marzo 2023
Arte Genova 2022
Art Innsbruk, presso lo stand Malinpensa, nel 2020
Galleria Malinpensa di Torino, dove ho effettuato una collettiva con altri 4 artisti, nel 2019
ArtParma Fair, nel 2019,
Biennale D’Arte di Montecarlo, edizione 2018

testimonials

“Although Stefano Robiglio’s sculptural works are tied to a traditional representation, they project themselves in the modern perspective of an innovative play of volumes and skillful planning, where a complete autonomous narrative acquires symbolic power and disruptive renovating force of the material.

His sculptures are created with knowledge of the material, peculiar commitment and artistic skills full of experimentation.

The wrought iron technique with pulsed arc welding system is applied by Robiglio with responsibility and descriptive quality. He severely measures full and empty spaces and he cleverly measures the relation between form and space in a continuous balance of the material and with a remarkable synthesis of technique.

The strongest of all metals – that is iron – invades the scenery with visual results of particular communicative feature, which succeed one another and tell us of recurring emotions.

The human component animates the sculptural travel into Robiglio’s inner reality, vitality and profound honesty for an evident psychological investigation.

Robiglio’s art is really felt and original. It expresses itself by manual expertise and gives maturity to his work for a stylistic language of remarkable reading and real sentiment.

Every sculpture has its own personality, both technical and ideological, where the artist gives soul and life. An important creative dimension walks along Robiglio’s path, which highlights a continuous change of the composition of materials.”

Monia Malinpensa
(Art Director)
Galleria D’Arte Malinpensa by La Telaccia

” The workshop of bonsai and climbers” is the kingdom of the blacksmith-artist Stefano Robiglio who near Alessandria creates sculptures, furnishings and accessories of natural inspiration, handmade in iron and stainless steel.

Tralci, tendrils and vines leaves, stems and rose flowers, which look real, but also climbers and fancy bonsai: are some of the favorite decorative motifs of Stefano Robiglio, a blacksmith-artist who in his workshop in Visone, near Alessandria, creates sculptures, tables, bookcases, railings, inferal gates.

Self-taught, he started working the iron as a boy…

Natalia Fedeli

Gardenia

Contacts

Regione Villeto 2, Visone (AL) – ITALY

+39 333 948 2444

info@stefanorobiglio.com

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