Carlo finishing the brigantine "Beagle" My name is Carlo Cogoni. I was born in Domusnovas, a small town in the south of Sardinia, in 1955. My training took place at the artistic college in Cagliari, with a passion for drawing, sculpture and many other related areas. When I was a boy I saw a ship in a bottle and that mystery fascinated me. So I decided to test myself, I did one and it gave me a lot of satisfaction. I was about 17 years old. since then, when I had some free time, I continued to make other boats in bottles. After my wedding I left for Holland with the aim of visiting my brothers. There I met a dealer in antique nautical objects and much more. He heard about my passion for nautical modeling, including boats in bottles, and asked me if I wanted to work for him, restoring old nautical objects and making boats in bottles that he sold all over the world. I have been part of the company "Authentic Shipmodels Amsterdam", founded by Haring Piebenga, since th