More than ten years ago Francesco Cigognetti worked at Glass Architettura e Urbanistica in Venice where he contributed to the construction of a model of a self-built CNC machine for milling models.

Afterwards, he worked in architecture studios and production laboratories, experimenting with CNC machines and 3D printers.

During the Master (2011, first edition) Francesco clearly became more passionate about prototyping than visualization.

At MADI he met Adam Lowe of Factum Arte, who had just finished the fantastic work on the wedding of Cana del Veronese at the Giorgio Cini Foundation.

It was almost natural for Francesco to apply for the internship at Adam and leave for Madrid.

Since then Francesco has not left Factum, he is currently head of the department of development and design of digital processes for the production of a work, including through the use of CNC machines.

He has participated in some of the studio’s most important projects, such as the facsimiles of the Teschen table and the Tomb of Seti I, the fabrication, installation of Jenny Holzer’s stone reliefs at the Louvre Abu Dhabi and the set design for the Opera ”The Magic Flute” directed by Romeo Castellucci and designed by Michael Hansmeyer.

One of the last works was at the exhibition Homo Faber promoted by the Michelangelo Foundation for Creativity and Craftsmanship, also at the Fondazione Cini in Venice.

The exhibition, which brought together the best of international production related to creativity and craftsmanship, also featured a piece by Francesco Cigognetti co-signed with Adam Lowe.

With the lathe and the CNC he not only creates works of art, but also fantastic spins with which he is a true rolling portent for durability and variability of the surface of support.

He can make them spin on almost any object.