A collection of porcelain vases representing feet in heels, handmade and hand decorated with engines, oxides, glazes and 24k gold, and fired at 1260°C. The inspiration comes from anatomy and its study of the structures of the human species.
Length 28 cm
Width 10 cm
Height 22 cm
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Elisabetta Bovina & Carlo Pastore
- Elica Studio
- Ceramicist
- Bologna, Italy
- Master Artisan
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 0516494014
+39 0516494014
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Bold design and performances
- • Elisabetta and Carlo founded Studio Elica in 1990
- • Ceramics meets scenography, fashion and performing arts
- • Their signature pieces are heart-shaped porcelain ex-votos
Elisabetta Bovina and Carlo Pastore have known each other since 1984, when they were both studying ceramics at the Institute for Artistic Industries in Faenza. Working together came naturally to them, as they’ve always shared an interest not only in ceramics but also in bold design and the crossover between different materials and arts. In 1990 Studio Elica was born. "Our goal is to interpret ceramics in many new, different, even unusual ways. Once, for example, we made ceramic clothes and used them to dress the saints of a very peculiar tableau vivant," they explain of their approach. “Mutilations” was the first sensational performance by the duo: the first of a long series of projects where ceramics meets scenography, fashion and performing arts.
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Phylocallos Collection
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Sed Non
Handmade and hand painted tabletop sculptures representing hands. Made of porcelain, they are boldly decorated with sculptural and graphic themes using engobes, glazes, oxides and 24k gold.
Length 17 cm
Width 8 cm
Height 37 cm
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Nymphaeae
Collection of handmade and hand painted vases, made of stoneware, engobes, oxides and glazes, and fired at 1.180°C. Inspired by nature and its perfection, these vases represent delicate nymphaeas floating on the surface of a water pond.
Height 50 cm
Diameter 20 cm
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Aboutilon
Two vases, handmade and hand painted, made of porcelain, oxides and glazes and fired at 1260°C. The surface of the vases are decorated with painted thorns, their tops with floral sculptures.
Height 29 cm
Diameter 31 cm
Height 34 cm
Diameter 23 cm
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TRANSFISH -DART OF LOVE – IN ALTO I CUORI COLLECTION
Porcelain wall vase, handmade and hand painted, representing an anatomically-shaped heart transfixed by a fish. It’s part of the “In alto I cuori” collection, the signature series of Elica.
Length 24 cm
Width 32 cm
Height 11 cm
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