Jagged ceramic bowl, handmade with Faenza maiolica, hand painted and fired with the reduction technique. The outside is unpolished, decorated with an abstract texture.
Height 16 cm
Diameter 27 cm
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Martina Scarpa
- Ceramiche Lega
- Ceramicist
- Faenza, Italy
- Rising Star
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
By appointment only
Phone:
+39 3347646305
+39 3347646305
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Reshaping tradition
- • Martina is the third generation of a family of ceramicists
- • She applies her grandfather’s techniques to new designs
- • She wants to awaken the interest of young people to her craft
Young Martina Scarpa grew up in Faenza, the Italian city famous for ceramics. Her home was just upstairs from her grandfather’s workshop, where he, Leandro Lega, founder of Ceramiche Lega, worked with Martina’s mother Carla. Martina’s destiny seemed written. Instead, she studied Economics at university and then found a job in the sales. “At 25, though, I returned to the fold. I began to assist my mother at the workshop and took a very practical one-year course in ceramics.” Her apprenticeship was quick. Today, Martina is 29 and has already been holding the reins of her family business for a while. “Mum has sensed and appreciated my innovative drive, trusting me from the start. She’s still working with me, but I am totally in charge.”
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Jagged bowl
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Height 8 cm
Diameter 25 cm
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Diameter 40 cm
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