Design
An idea becomes a composition of symbols, proportions and details that can live on the final object.
THE SORCERER BEHIND THE WORKSHOP
My name is Michelangelo.
I am The Little Sorcerer.
Behind this name there is no factory, no production line and no anonymous team. There is a workshop in Sardinia, Italy, where ideas become objects through wood, paper, thread, engraving, colour and, above all, hands.
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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN
Eleven years ago, two passions opened the door.
The Little Sorcerer was born eleven years ago from two passions that have always had a strong hold on me: esotericism and ancient books.
I was fascinated by objects that seemed capable of carrying a story within them: old books, symbols, pages marked by time, mysterious alphabets and all those things that seem to exist somewhere between the material world and the imagination.
What began there gradually became something much larger.
Along the way I discovered new forms of craftsmanship and taught my hands new languages. Embroidery became one of them. Wood carving another. Then came engraving, painting, bookbinding and the constant desire to experiment with new materials and techniques.
I never decided that The Little Sorcerer had to become one particular thing. I allowed it to grow.
One creation led to another. One technique opened the door to another. And my fascination with the esoteric world became the thread connecting them all.
Eleven years later, that thread is still there.
THE NAME
Why “The Little Sorcerer”?
The name itself was invented. There was no ancient manuscript, secret society or dramatic prophecy behind it.
But perhaps names sometimes find their meaning after they are born.
I like to think of The Little Sorcerer not as a powerful magician standing above mysterious forces, but as a curious craftsman sitting at his workbench, still learning, experimenting and transforming ordinary materials into objects that carry symbols, stories and a little bit of magick.
The “Little” matters as much as the “Sorcerer”.
Because there is always something new to discover.
THE THREAD THAT CONNECTS EVERYTHING
Esotericism is not simply the theme of what I create.
It is the world that first inspired me to create.
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CRAFTED FOR SOMEONE, NOT FOR EVERYONE
One piece at a time.
I create Ouija boards and planchettes, runes, divination tools, Wheels of the Year, ritual objects and handmade Books of Shadows. Each piece begins differently, but they all share the same principle: they are made one at a time.
I personally choose the materials, prepare the designs, engrave and cut the wood, paint and finish the details, assemble the pieces and follow each creation until it is ready to leave the workshop.
My Books of Shadows follow the same philosophy. Pages are prepared by hand, holes are individually punched and the books are sewn by hand rather than simply assembled as industrial products.
I want the person receiving it to feel that somebody made it for them.
FROM WOOD TO MAGICK
One pair of hands. Many stages.
The process changes from object to object, but the philosophy stays the same.
Engraving & carving
Wood is cut, engraved or carved according to the piece, giving form to the design one stage at a time.
Hand finishing
Paint, ageing, colour, sanding, embroidery, stitching and other details are added by hand where the creation requires them.
The final creation
Every piece is checked, assembled and prepared in the workshop before beginning its journey from Sardinia.
FROM SARDINIA TO THE WORLD
Made on an island.
Sent far beyond it.
The Little Sorcerer lives and works in Sardinia, Italy. From this small corner of the Mediterranean, my creations have travelled far beyond the walls of my workshop.
What matters most to me is knowing that somewhere, sometimes thousands of kilometres away, something that began on my workbench has become part of another person's altar, practice, collection, home or personal story.
A piece of wood stops being simply a piece of wood.
A blank Book of Shadows begins waiting for somebody else's words.
A set of runes begins a new journey in somebody else's hands.
MY WORK IS MY PASSION
There is always another idea waiting.
New ideas have an inconvenient habit of appearing when I wake up in the morning, and quite often I find myself wanting to start working on them immediately.
Some become new products. Some remain experiments scattered around the workshop. And some turn into something I never expected when I first imagined them.
That is the beauty of making things by hand.
There is no factory behind The Little Sorcerer.
There is a workshop.
A pair of hands.
A little patience.
A great deal of sawdust.
...and probably a cat somewhere it shouldn't be.