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Ceramics

  • This fine glazed ceramic bowl features an elegant abstract motif with a bright red decoration on the inside.

  • The decoration of this large matte black plate recalls the traditional motif Sa Ide, the vine, of local weaving, reinterpreted adding a refined contemporary effect to the monochrome graphic features of the design.

  • The shape of the rooster and the hen come from the round shape in playful and precious craft. Handcrafted, they are created as unique pieces and rich in enamel decoration brushstrokes.

  • The lively graphic decoration with two tone purple and green patterns of curls on the field, stretched out to broad and vivid brush strokes, characterizing the glazed ceramic centerpiece.

  • The lamp displays elegant and original shapes of glazed ceramic, consisting of two elements, a circular base and a fretwork top globe, richly decorated with a lapwing motif. Handcrafted, it is intended as a unique piece, with peculiar crafting details.

Il settore

Local pottery production started during the Neolithic age, featuring peculiar characteristics that evolved during the Nuragic age. Neolithic pottery productions explored the female body, rounded also in pottery production, being a representation of the Mother goddess. Nuragic pottery featured simple and stylized designs, a tribute to the strength of war.
 
In the following ages, the regular exchange of imported pottery, linked to the interaction of different cultures with Sardinia, made it difficult to define what local production really was, since production became a self-sufficient expression of modern age, only when stylistic features and technical procedures were define and kept unchanged until recent times.
 
For instance, terracotta was slipped and glazed. Few and functional models were lathe-crafted: pitchers, marigas, containers, sciveddas, pans, pingiadas, flasks, frascus, bowls, discus, and other types of pots and pouring receptacles.
 
The setting is rural and pastoral. They are objects of daily use, for the transportation and and storage of water, baking, the preparation of desserts and food products. Yet, embellishments and expressive characterizations are also used. The festive versions are used during solemn occasions, anniversaries, rituals, and are part of the set of votive tools. They are made by the most skilled figuli, using graphite and decorated with plastic additions, plant motifs and the figures of saints and other religious and good-luck symbols.
 
 
These productions that belong to the local material culture, together with the productions of other sectors such as hand-made weaving, jewelry, carving and basket weaving, share a secret language, and intimate and evocative jargon.