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Sicilian pottery – Nativity Scenes from Caltagirone
Caltagirone was founded as early as the 2nd century B.C. on a steep hill made of clay. The abundance and the good quality of the raw material encouraged the making of pottery and its trade. First the...
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Torino 2011 – Risorgimento and Italian art ceramics
I’ve just come back from a week in Turin. I immensely enjoyed the city. It’s lively, friendly, easy going and there is so much happening. Apparently the city administration decided to step change the...
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Your Christmas Travel Guide to Italian Pottery Events: Savona
Portrait and Figures – Victor Ferraj Until December 13, 2009 Heads – from the past, from the future, from today… Viktor Ferraj chooses to look at the universe, its chaos and its mystery through the...
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Sandro Lorenzini – Wonders, Shams and Other Geometries
Dec. 4, 2010 – Jan. 31, 2011 Savona – Italy The long theatrical activity as scenery designer and his interest in neofigurative art are the key contributors to Sandro Lorenzini’s ceramic works. Possibly...
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Sicilian pottery – Nativity Scenes from Caltagirone
Caltagirone was founded as early as the 2nd century B.C. on a steep hill made of clay. The abundance and the good quality of the raw material encouraged the making of pottery and its trade. First the...
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Torino 2011 – Risorgimento and Italian art ceramics
I’ve just come back from a week in Turin. I immensely enjoyed the city. It’s lively, friendly, easy going and there is so much happening. Apparently the city administration decided to step change the...
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Alessandro Mautone – from Naples to Vietri
Born in Naples in 1950, Mautone’s distinctive style is deeply influenced by the tradition of Vietri ceramics, especially in his choices of colors and lights. His ceramics are dynamic, full of life,...
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Art Deco Pottery, the Taste of an Epoch
Faenza Feb. 18th – Oct 1st 2017 The Art Deco style developed internationally between the 1920s and 1930s, dominating the architecture and the decorative arts. It was an eclectic, rich and opulent...
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Paola Grizi Art Ceramics
Paola Grizi clay sculptures explore the human soul through the visual imagery of a woman’s face. An ageless face, able to capture and return, enhanced, the deep meanings behind fundamental relations,...
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Celebrating the 10th anniversary of thatsArte.com
A story of friendship, pottery, and good food It all began on a perfect Summer day in the Umbrian countryside, with us, Manuela and Tiziana, having a cup of coffee under a shady patio and chatting...
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Handmade Italian Ceramics: how to spot a fake
Learn how to tell if the Italian pottery you are considering purchasing is authentic. Before you close the deal of your life and pay an incredibly low price for what looks like a stunning piece of...
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The difference between Pottery, Ceramics and Majolica, with special regard to...
Italian ceramics, or I should say Italian pottery, have been in my life for quite a long time: I collect them, I read about them, I sell them. In Italian, when I say ceramica, everybody understands...
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The three-legged symbol of Sicily: Trinacria
The Trinacria, also known as Triskelion, is the familiar three-legged symbol of Sicily, Italy’s unique little nugget. If you visit the island you will be sure to see a Trinacris, symbol of Sicily,...
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What are the most popular Italian dinnerware patterns?
What are the most popular Italian dinnerware patterns? Ask the question to a hundred Italians and you’ll get a hundred different answers. We have so many regional designs, all deservedly popular thanks...
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Italian ceramics from the British Museum
I went back to the British Museum just a few days before it closed due to the epidemics. It was not as busy as it used to be before the virus changed the limits of personal space. This was not...
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Buongiorno Ceramica!
The organizers of Buongiorno Ceramica have taken the festival of traditional Italian pottery online. The festival will be free and broadcast on the Association’s Youtube channel from 16 to 17 May due...
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Castellamonte Ceramic Festival No 48
Sept. 5 – Oct 5, 2008 Castellamonte – Italy Welcome to the presentation of a highly fueled edition of Castellamonte Festival of Ceramics #48, a must for the lovers of Italian ceramics! The event,...
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An Italian Ceramic Artist: Alfredo Santarelli
Oct. 25, 2008 – February 28, 2009 Gualdo Tadino, Italy Alfredo Santarelli is one of the most important Italian Ceramic Artists of the 20th century. His talent in drawing and his mastery in the tin...
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Traditions and Contaminations: Pottery Workshop in Urbania
January Palazzo Ducale, Urbania “Traditions and contaminations” is a multi sensory event that will combine the Art of Pottery Making, Food and Music in Urbania. Better known among Italian pottery...
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Italian Clay Art: Brunelleschi’s Madonna first time on exhibit
Dec. 15, 2008 – Feb. 28, 2009 Firenze – Italy An adorable clay sculpture of the Madonna with Child recently attributed to Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) will be on exhibit for the first time through...
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