Elisabetta Bovina (Broni, 1961) and Carlo Pastore (Corbara, 1965) founded Studio Elica in 1995: since then they have been working together in the fields of design and applied arts. A fruitful contaminations between arts is the main signature style of Pastore and Bovina who  have brought ceramic art to dialogue with apparently distant artistic practices like scenography, fashion as well as performing arts. Extremely prolific artists, they are committed to the creation of their own collections signed as Studio Elica and in the meantime they also work for other brands such as Visionnaire, FOS Ceramiche, Arcolaio and Floor Gres. In 2009 they have opened Crete pièce unique in Bologna, a very eclectic space which is at the same time a showroom for their own creations, a gallery where they personally curate a selection of pieces by other designer-makers and an experimental platform for performing arts shows.