Who I am
My name is Matteo Salusso
I have dealt with warps and wefts since the most tender age because of Andrea, my father, a loom builder. Every holiday was an excuse to visit weaving workshops, from the Salento "grulli" with their ancient olive wood looms to the Turkish basements with the vertical ones in old wrought iron.
My story
With these smells and sensations I started to make weaving my work at the age of 23.
It was fundamental to work in schools. The enthusiasm of the boys and their curious and interested way of approaching the weaving by hand, made me realize that this ancient art was not at all an endangered animal to be closed in a museum but rather, try to adapt it to the time in which we live. Combining the old with the new, the ancient with the modern is at the base of the idea that I have of my work.
It was precisely working with the schools that the tubular pettineliccio was born. Once the patent has been perfected and filed with the Turin Chamber of Commerce, I have dedicated my time to improving as a professional, both as a carpenter and as a weaver, to provide at an affordable price instruments able to satisfy the needs of the most expert weavers and to stimulate the creativity of those approaching weaving for the first time.
Today I am proud to be a craftsman. From 2008, year of opening of the VAT, I build and sell my looms, currently present in many European countries and beyond.
It was fundamental to work in schools. The enthusiasm of the boys and their curious and interested way of approaching the weaving by hand, made me realize that this ancient art was not at all an endangered animal to be closed in a museum but rather, try to adapt it to the time in which we live. Combining the old with the new, the ancient with the modern is at the base of the idea that I have of my work.
It was precisely working with the schools that the tubular pettineliccio was born. Once the patent has been perfected and filed with the Turin Chamber of Commerce, I have dedicated my time to improving as a professional, both as a carpenter and as a weaver, to provide at an affordable price instruments able to satisfy the needs of the most expert weavers and to stimulate the creativity of those approaching weaving for the first time.
Today I am proud to be a craftsman. From 2008, year of opening of the VAT, I build and sell my looms, currently present in many European countries and beyond.
Experiences Textiles
- From 2008 to today: Individual company "Matteo Salusso" for the production and sale of frames on design and family model, and courses and realization of weaving projects.
- From 2007 to date: Weaving teacher for all ages at the textile laboratory in Via delle Scuole 16 in Luserna San Giovanni or where required.
- From 2007 to 2017: weaving master responsible for the laboratory of the "Penelope" project for immigrant women created by the Municipality of Saluzzo.
- December 2016: weaving teacher for 2 days at La Venaria Reale restoration section.