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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.
Each banana 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.
Made in hand painted terracotta
This representation of the funny raptor has a proven deterrent effect towards pigeons tending to colonize ledges and balconies.Wonderful reproductions af home and wild animals that can live in our houses, parks and gardens as alive and real presences.
Montelupo art majolica centre-piece "Rinascimento - Raphaelesque decoration".
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
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.
Montelupo art majolica centre-piece "The Ducks".
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
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.
Musician frog – “The Cymbals” 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.
Carved from an only block of White Carrara marble, entirely hand-worked, bush-hammered outside.
Complete of a wooden pestle, suitable to the practical use in the kitchen and herbal preparations.
Handmade 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 onion 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.
Work carved from an only block of White Carrara Marble, entirely hand-sculpted.
Handmade 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 pod 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.
Oval vase with a reproduction of drawings by Gio Ponti, beginning of 20th century.
This object is rigorously and skilfully hand made and painted by Master Craftsmen from Montelupo, therefore it appears unique in its details.
