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GET TO KNOW: Giuseppe Ribaudo

"TO CREATE SOMETHING UNIQUELY MINE (IS) A PRETTY EXTRAORDINARY FEELING"

Quaint prints of daisies and animals might go down well with your average crafter – but that’s not quite Giuseppe Ribaudo’s vibe. “I have always been drawn to the dark and strange, the unexplained and mysterious,” he notes. “I think there is beauty in even the darkest of themes.”

As such, you won’t typically find pastel hues and sweet illustrations amongst the collections of the Andover designer – more gory blood splatters and nervous lie detector test lines.

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