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Costanza Paravicini

  • Laboratorio Paravicini
  • Ceramic decorator
  • Milan, Italy
  • Master Artisan
Costanza Paravicini Ceramic decorator
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 0272021006
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A table full of creativity

  • • For Costanza, “ceramics is like music”
  • • She takes inspiration from the finest traditions of Italian pottery
  • • Each tableware set can be personalised and made-to-measure

In the early 1990s, Costanza Paravicini was looking for tableware to suit her tastes. Not finding anything quite up to her expectations, she decided to embark on an idea that was as simple as it was ambitious: create plates and dining sets like the ones that used to be made in the past, handmade but suitable for everyday use. “In the beginning,” she recalls, “I used to throw away everything I did! Luckily I had studied at art school and had a good hand for painting, but still it took me years to achieve the necessary level of skill.” Costanza’s daughters Benedetta and Margherita now work at her side, bringing, as she says, “a wave of freshness” to the production. Together they create tailor-made, customisable tablewear which reflects the personality of its purchaser.

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Works

  • © Marco Dabbicco
  • © Marco Dabbicco
  • © Marco Dabbicco
  • © Marco Dabbicco
  • © Marco Dabbicco
Photo: © Marco Dabbicco
Zodiac dinner plate

The design of this thin, white, artisanal earthenware plate was inspired by the blue sky and the stars that light it up at night. Custom-made according to the customer's wishes, it features zodiac symbols dancing around the plate.

Diameter 25 cm

Photo: © Marco Dabbicco
Izmir

This custom-made earthenware plate has been richly decorated with patterns traditionally found in the city of Iznik in Turkey, adding a modern twist to the design.

Diameter 25 cm

Photo: © Marco Dabbicco
Italian Views

These six thin earthenware plates, custom-made for a client, have been finely decorated with six different Italian views featuring lemon trees, columns, hedges and climbing roses.

Diameter 27 cm

Photo: © Marco Dabbicco
Red Snakes

These six thin earthenware plates, custom-made for a client, have been finely decorated with various snakes intertwined in different ways to create six distinct designs.

Diameter 25 cm

Photo: © Marco Dabbicco
Birds of Paradise

This is part of a set of six thin earthenware plates, custom-made for a client, which are finely decorated with birds of paradise on gold palms.

Diameter 25 cm

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