Colors, meanings, functionality, traditions: terracotta crockery once used in the home and kitchen hides a world of techniques, skills, rules…
Cameos, artistic masterpieces created strictly by hand, require long and patient processing steps. Let us briefly look at them together……
Cameos, precious jewels whose charm never wanes, are now one of the most prestigious craft expressions of Italy, particularly Campania….
Let’s talk about techniques from the world of goldsmithing… And among the goldsmithing techniques of tradition there is one that,…
The production of pottery and earthenware requires long and painstaking work on the part of the potter right from the…
Colors, meanings, functionality, traditions: terracotta crockery once used in the home and kitchen hides a world of techniques, skills, rules…
We continue with our journey to discover the ancient techniques of gilding miniatures on parchment manuscripts with the help of…
Loom preparation is an extremely complex operation, much more so than the actual ultimate process of weaving and making the product.
Honey marvels and fascinates because of its versatility, in cooking as well as in crafts. Crucial are its properties for…
La Congrega – Second Hand Made is a textile arts workshop where furnishing and utility artifacts are designed and made…
The polychrome majolica tondo depicting Medusa is one of the most important works in the Mazza collection kept at the Pesaro Civic Museums. Francesca Banini recounts the terrible accident of which the author of the work, ceramist Ferruccio Mengaroni, was a victim in 1925 during the staging of the “Biennial of Decorative Arts” in Monza.
Few but essential tools for processing and weaving wicker and twigs from other wild plants gathered in the countryside. Among…
