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Ceramics

  • The simple and elegant glazed ceramic plates is characterized by traditional lapwing motifs and the polychromy on a white field.

  • This decorative saucer, also used as a ceramic storage tray, is hand-shaped and decorated. The organic and irregular shape reminds of the sea bottom, with its rocks and shells, decorated by overlapping light blu-purple glaze layers and crystals.

  • An outstanding glazed ceramic vase featuring elegantly carved decorations - a distinctive trait of this artisan - and the expressive strength of red, made even more intense by the vibrant shades used. Lathe-shaped, it is available in different sizes and decorations.

  • Coloured plastic elements form a free composition, among which the captivating shape of a flying kite stands out, which characterises the decoration of this round plate with a fine glazed surface that has metallic and iridescent effects.

  • These ceramic bowls are harmoniously decorated in two colours, white and iridescent metal, with the expressive graphic symbol of concentric circles inspired by the Nuragic civilisation.

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.