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Christian Pegoraro

  • BottegaNove
  • Tile maker
  • Nove, Italy
  • Master Artisan
Christian Pegoraro Tile maker
Contact
Italian, English, French
Hours:
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 12:30/14:00 - 18:00
Phone:
+39 0424590110
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The charm of the human touch

  • • Christian modernised his family pottery into contemporary tile making
  • • He makes ceramic and porcelain mosaics and tiles for interior designs
  • • He believes making by hand is the antidote to standardisation

In mid-2010s, Christian Pegoraro took over the family pottery founded by his grandfather in 1964, and decided to transform this traditional atelier into a contemporary studio. The Venetian town of Nove has been a hub for ceramic production since the 17th century. Christian's BottegaNove is a workshop specialised in the making of ceramic and porcelain mosaics, mainly used for architecture and interiors. With the adoption of new materials and finishings and to a very sophisticated and refined design approach, Christian and his team have managed to combine the ancient artisans’ tradition and techniques with a modern vision. Today they are able to embark on grand projects without limit.

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Works

  • ©Beatrice Pilotto
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  • © Beatrice Pilotto
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  • ©Mattia Balsamini
Photo: ©Beatrice Pilotto
Barene Collection by Zanellato e Bortotto

Barene, designed by Zanellato e Bortotto, is a collection of ceramic surfaces inspired by the landscape of the Venetian lagoon, where it is sometimes challenging to distinguish the land from the sea. Barene in local dialect means the land emerging from the lagoon during low tide.

Photo: ©Andrea Maino
New Town Collection by Adam Nathaniel Furman

The bold and elegant geometries of the New Town Collection recall the homonymous district in Edinburgh but also the classic Georgian style of Bath and the controlled irregularity of the flooring of the Querini Stampalia Foundation in Venice, designed by Carlo Scarpa.

Photo: © Beatrice Pilotto
Salomè Collection by Adam Nathaniel Furman

Salomè is a celebration of the serpentine line, the curve of elegance. These tiles can have two different colours or finishes on each of their two sides, which creates walls that can completely change colour depending on which angle they are seen from.

Photo: ©Shannon Sadler
Flora Collection by Chiara Andreatti

Flora is about a primitive, primordial nature. The superficial imperfections that render each piece unique are highlighted by the coloured crystalline and the satin paints applied, as required by tradition, by hand to achieve a gouache effect.

Photo: ©Mattia Balsamini
Plumage Collection by Cristina Celestino

Plumage is a poetic and evocative collection, inspired by birds. The collection comes in two types of three-dimensional tiles, either in hand-decorated ceramics or paste-dyed porcelain, starting from a wide variety of plumage.

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