Massimiliano Pelletti, a Pietrasanta-based artist and sculptor, attended the Stagio Stagi Art School in Pietrasanta and graduated from the University of Pisa with a degree in Philosophy. The sculptor is adept at creating sculptures of busts and human forms with a variety of mediums, he carves a series of crystalline busts from white onyx that highlight the intact crystalline edges as a juxtaposition to smoothly carved faces or bodies.
Crystal Venus, 2017. Mexican onyx madre cava. 72 x 75 x 38 cm
Crystal Dea, 2017. Mexican onyx madre cava. 90 x 40 x 60 cm
Crystal Boy, 2106. White Onyx. 45 x 40 x 60h cm
Crystal Venus, 2016. White Onyx. 56x40x61h cm
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