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Hand-painted terracotta.
With terracotta artists of every time have been creating real art treasures.
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Tuscany has a very ancient tradition for terracotta. The treatment of clay, the raw material for the production of terracotta, began in the Middle Age: the craftsmen of the time produced extremely different shapes according to different use: so, besides bricks, they created terracotta pots for preservation and sale of olive oil and wine. Working tools were their hands and a shaped wooden bar to “smooth” (measure the object in progress). In past centuries handmade products were signed a fresco with a nail, including the name of the workshop or the master potter and date of production; after that they were cooked in a wooden oven.
Along the centuries great artists have created art treasures in terracotta, even painted or vitrified, and many products have become decorative objects for parks and gardens.
Nowadays in Tuscany skilful crafstmen produce similar handmade objects, according to the ancient tradition and the same passion of always.
The raw material of every product is the famous earth of Impruneta (clay containing sand, calcium carbonate and iron oxide giving terracotta its characteristic red colour) and galestro: the result is a high quality level in the final product.
An extremely antifreeze nature of these clays and their cooking at very high temperature (1070°C) give them a remarkable resistence to weather conditions.
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Hand-painted terracotta.
With terracotta artists of every time have been creating real art treasures.
Towel in hand-spun hemp, recovered from old clothes end 19th/beginning 20th century, refined with a precious Gigliuccio spinning, entirely made by needle. The hemp spinning, both in the two directions (warp and weft) make the cloth especially resistant.
Each pomegranate is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Artistic creation in recomposed marble, handmade and hand-painted by master craftsmen
Each strawberry is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
handmade in antifreeze terracotta
Every-day objects suggesting ancient traditions, moulded in extremely antifreeze clays.
Each bread is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Carved in White Carrara Marble, entirely hand-worked, with polishing.
The bowl of the biscuit box and the lid with its head are both carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, with no assembled piece.
Carved in White Carrara Marble, entirely hand-worked, with polishing.
Bottle holder or cookware holder lemons in hand-painted terracotta decorated with fruit (lemons) in relief. Glazed inside.
Carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, hand worked, with polishing.
Set of 32 pieces ( 16 + 16 )
Artistic creation in recomposed marble, handmade and hand-painted by master craftsmen
Each loquat is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, hand worked, with polishing.
Artistic creation in recomposed marble, handmade and hand-painted by master craftsmen
Each pumpkin is carved from an only piece of White Carrara marble, sculpted and hand painted with pigments of natural origin and bee wax, using the same methods of Michelangelo age.
Each fruit is made unique by small irregularities of shape and colour.
Montelupo art majolica centre-piece "The Cocks".
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
