These blue handmade ceramic donkeys are made with the aid of the lathe and are shaped following the width of the container. The animals, cooked at high temperature, are suspended on their small feet and have their tail in relief. Bright and shiny decorations are made with coloured crystalline. Each donkey is different from the other.
Length 22 cm
Width 15 cm
Height 24 cm
Diameter 14 cm
© Paola Schillaci
© Paola Schillaci
© Paola Schillaci
© Paola Schillaci
© Paola Schillaci
Patrizia Italiano
- Ceramicist
- Palermo, Italy
- Master Artisan
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 3895899178
+39 3895899178
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Traditions with a twist
- • Sicily is an endless source of inspiration for Patrizia
- • Pottery has always been her passion
- • She has exhibited her pieces around the world
Filomena, Carmelina, Totuccio and Salvo are some of the pieces created form the fantasies of Patrizia Italiano, a Sicilian ceramicist based between Palermo and Filicudi, one of the six islands in the Aeolian archipelago. She likes to give a proper name to all her artworks, so as to give them a real life and personality. "I have always been passionate about ceramics" she explains. "Craftsmanship and creativity have always stayed with me in every moment of my life." Her pieces embody elements of the Sicilian people (especially the heads of market vendors), nature and underwater life – such as mermaids, crabs, shells and dolphins – always reinterpreted in a creative way. Starting ceramics at a very young age, Patrizia has had solo exhibitions in Milan, New York, Tokyo, the United Arab Emirates and many other countries all around the world.
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Photo: © Paola Schillaci
Gli asinelli
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Bocca di rosa
This ceramic sculpture is handmade with the aid of a lathe. It has some decorations in relief that represents roses and leaves, ears, nose and mouth. On the front edge of the sculpture there are four Kanthal wires (a ferritic alloy that has excellent resistance) with small pink ceramic hearts in suspension.
Height 30 cm
Diameter 20 cm
Photo: © Paola Schillaci
La scapiddata della vucciria
Handmade ceramic head with hair, mouth and nose in relief, while the face is smooth and uniform. The dark green hair surrounds the pink head in volutes with molded incisions. The head presents some “tears” (casting) in green.
Height 25 cm
Diameter 23 cm
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I lunghi
These handmade vases, in different colours, were cooked at high temperature. They depict ceramic heads with nose, hair and mouth in relief. The small protuberances on the upper edge are a tribute to the Sicilian tradition and recall pine cones, a Sicilian symbol of hospitality and prosperity.
Height 20 cm
Diameter 12 cm
Height 26 cm
Diameter 15 cm
Height 32 cm
Diameter 15 cm
Photo: © Paola Schillaci
La prefica
This ceramic sculpture has a nose, mouth and ears in relief engraved vertically. The facial finish is wrinkled and the tears are shiny green. In the Sicilian tradition the Prefica was a woman who was paid for taking part and crying in the funeral ceremonies.
Height 51 cm
Diameter 30 cm
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