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Emanuela Sala

  • Piatto Unico
  • Ceramic decorator
  • Milan, Italy
  • Rising Star
Emanuela Sala Ceramic decorator
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 3479702519
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Fantasy served on a plate

  • • Emanuela decorates tableware with vintage images
  • • PiattoUnico means “single dish” in Italian
  • • The name alludes to the uniqueness of her pieces

PiattoUnico was born by chance from architect and interior decorator Emanuela Sala’s passion for details and old things. She had been collecting ceramic objects from 20th-century Italian manufacturers for a while when she decided to try and decorate them with decoupage. It was just a hobby. Then in 2016 someone saw pictures of her pieces on Pinterest and it soon became her profession. At the very beginning, she made one-of-a-kind decorative pieces but soon she moved on to small dinnerware collections and objects that can be washed and used in everyday life. Emanuela combines precious ceramics crafted in Italy and visual inspirations from the past, paying homage to the tradition while revitalizing it. According to her, creating ex novo is not always the best option. Sometimes reinventing is the way.

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Works

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Kitchen

This vintage ceramic plate is a one-of-a-kind decorative piece, decorated with a collage of old-fashioned images. The latter were cut from an old book, modified, printed as ceramic decals and transferred one by one on the surface of the object.

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Thales vase

Thales vase, named after Thales, the philosopher of water, is a dark terracotta container topped by a blue and white porcelain micro-vase representing gushing water. The micro-vase is made by pouring the porcelain onto a fabric and then letting each piece take its shape during firing. The dark container is hand thrown. The work is the result of a collaboration between Emanuela Sala and Capodimonte school of ceramics.

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Lands 1/2

This unique vintage ceramic plate decorated with the three dimensional collage technique. Emanuela Sala used upcycled ceramic pieces and vintage images for the piece. The latter were cut from old books, modified, transformed into decals and transferred to the object.

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Gravity

Gravity is an oval-shaped, vintage ceramic plate, decorated with a collage of old/vintage images, taken from old books and transformed into ceramic decals. The piece is one-of-a-kind.

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Music & Travel

These plates are part of the Dream series which is inspired by day-dreaming. The vintage ceramic dessert plates are decorated with old images, transformed into ceramic decals and transferred one-by-one to the surfaces. The profiles of the plates are made by hand, the crystalline gives a clear and refined finish.

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