His studio is a timeless place, a peaceful oasis in the medieval village where the ceramic art of the Etruscans lives in symbiosis with contemporary works moulded to emanate profound and absolute messages. A veteran among the ceramists of Tarquinia, Calandrini looks at the world with the pure eyes of a child but expresses, with remarkable creative ability and great mastery of manipulative techniques, the mature awareness of one who, man and artist, intends to carry out a strong work of introspection aimed at discovering the human essence in its becoming.