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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.
Hand-woven towels. They are woven with hemp in weft, using old balls of thread recovered from old trousseuax, end 19th/beginning 20th century.
Towels are enriched by a greek pattern and entirely hand-bound fringes.
Made in hand painted terracotta.
Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
Artistic creation in recomposed marble, handmade and hand-painted by master craftsmen
Each pear is carved from a single piece of white Carrara marble, sculpted, finished and polished in its natural state: "nature".
Small irregularities in the shape make each fruit unique.
Oil bottle with drip saucer in white majolica, decorated with olives in relief.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
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.
handmade in antifreeze terracotta
Every-day objects suggesting ancient traditions
Faithful reproductions reminding the findings in archaeological sites or submarine research. Manufacturing, competely hand made, is followed by a process of old styling giving the object an original aspect. Used as furniture for gardens and terraces, since they are highly resistent to freeze. Inside the house they accompany very well every kind of furniture.
Made and handpainted in antifreeze terracotta
Wonderful reproductions of home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
Each pepper 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.
Set for the game of Filetto, handmade by our master craftsmen, consisting of:
- Carrara marble chessboard size cm. 15 x 15
- 3 White Carrara marble pawns diameter cm. 3,5
- 3 Grey Bardiglio marble pawns diameter cm. 3,5
A faithful reproduction of Tuscan Renaissance Basket.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
Each cherry 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.
Musician frog – “The Bass” is made in Montelupo art majolica.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
