This colourful ceramic sculpture featuring owls is handcrafted by Diego Poloniato. The ceramicist uses traditional techniques that he learned from his father.
Diego Poloniato inherited his passion for making Cuchi, small terracotta sculptures that also function as whistles, from his father Domenico. After studying at the Istituto d’Arte per la Ceramica Giuseppe De Fabris in Nove, his hometown, since 1990 he has worked with his father as a master ceramicist. He loves to play with various materials and to mix different types of clay to get new colours. During his career, Diego has taken part in numerous exhibitions, winning awards for his interpretations of this Veneto tradition. His favourite subjects are cockerels, hussars on horseback, clowns and dolls, Pinocchio and a variety of animals that inhabit his fantasy. In his workshop, "you can find just happy things," he says.
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This colourful ceramic sculpture featuring owls is handcrafted by Diego Poloniato. The ceramicist uses traditional techniques that he learned from his father.
Photo: ©Chiara Bordignon
This ceramic sculpture of an old man on a bull is handcrafted by Diego Poloniato.The ceramicist uses traditional techniques that he learned from his father.
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This colourful ceramic sculpture featuring horses is handcrafted by Diego Poloniato. The ceramicist uses traditional techniques that he learned from his father.
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This colourful ceramic sculpture featuring the moon and soldiers is handcrafted by Diego Poloniato. The ceramicist uses traditional techniques that he learned from his father.
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This colourful ceramic sculpture carousel is handcrafted by Diego Poloniato. The ceramicist uses traditional techniques that he learned from his father.