I'm Marco, owner of Occhialeria Di Cesare in Ravenna.
Our business was born in the 80s as an optical laboratory
after which, with years and experience, in 2015
we opened 2 optical shops in Ravenna and one of these, that is where we are now,
became a real artisan eyewear shop in 2021, i.e. 2 years ago.
At the beginning we were a simple optics
therefore we only provided services such as vision checks,
as complete eyeglasses and sunglasses,
while, also becoming eyewear,
we started creating from nothing,
or even just from a drawing from an idea, a handcrafted frame.
We started creating handcrafted frames out of passion
and to enjoy a more complete service to our customers
To build these handcrafted frames we only use
Italian cellulose acetate, and there are several steps to build them.
Let's start with a computer drawing
after which we move on to carving using our cutter
and at the end there are the manual procedures,
then we start filing it to make the bevels and remove the edges
and finally we polish it using a polishing brush.
Customers can choose to customize the glasses from shape to color
even up to an incision on the inside or outside of the temples,
after which we go to customize the fit,
therefore the size, the support on the nose and the length of the temples.
Our product is a sustainable product because we produce only on request,
we don't do warehousing.
Additionally some of our plates are produced
only using cellulose and a plasticizer of plant origin.
Another important thing for sustainability is the lifespan of our frames.
Our frames last over time also because
we give the possibility to intervene on these frames
recreating a piece or simply fixing it
because the pieces do not go out of production.
We produce them every time on request.
For those who wish we also have an ecological case
because it is created in wood, the lower external part. Inside there is cork
while the closing part is made of apple leather.
For the future we hope to continue doing what we are doing
and what's more we are already trying to create circularity in our production
creating sheets of acetate and cellulose from processing waste.