Cameos, precious jewels whose charm never wanes, are now one of the most prestigious craft expressions of Italy, particularly Campania….
Few but essential tools for processing and weaving wicker and twigs from other wild plants gathered in the countryside. Among…
Technically speaking, majolica is everything in the ceramic world that is fired at least twice. The object, which will then…
Let’s talk about techniques from the world of goldsmithing… And among the goldsmithing techniques of tradition there is one that,…
Cameos, artistic masterpieces created strictly by hand, require long and patient processing steps. Let us briefly look at them together……
Few but essential tools for processing and weaving wicker and twigs from other wild plants gathered in the countryside. Among…
Let’s talk about techniques from the world of goldsmithing… And among the goldsmithing techniques of tradition there is one that,…
Cameos, precious jewels whose charm never wanes, are now one of the most prestigious craft expressions of Italy, particularly Campania….
Colors, meanings, functionality, traditions: terracotta crockery once used in the home and kitchen hides a world of techniques, skills, rules…
The journey into the potters’ workshop to discover the rules of color in traditional earthenware continues. Where were we…? We…
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.
The production of pottery and earthenware requires long and painstaking work on the part of the potter right from the…
