Half handcrafted ceramic pine cone with colored base made by the expert hands of the artisans of Santo Stefano di Camastra.
Height: 10-12cm approx. premium model with blue base, 15cm approx. solid color model
Available colors : 4 variants
Each piece is unique and every apparent "defect" guarantees its greater uniqueness.
Created and handcrafted in Sicily, Italy
Did you know that...
For few other places like Sicily, talking about "typical products" means starting a journey within the journey, encountering artisanal products that
open up perspectives of time and suggest images of places. Important in the field of craftsmanship is S. Stefano di Camastra, the
the largest ceramic production centre in Sicily, which also represents one of the most interesting traditional tourist itineraries and
also called the "town of ceramics". This is how this very active centre on the borders of the provinces of
Palermo and Messina.
Having assimilated the techniques of colours and enamels of the Neapolitan artisans, they will give life, throughout the 19th century, to an innumerable series of tiles.
majolica tiles which, due to their originality, are an expression of a specific moment in the history of Sicilian art. The birth of the art of
Real ceramics can be traced back to the early 1900s when the production moved from an exclusively economic one consisting of
terracotta objects such as vases, jars, "quartare and bummuli" to artistic ceramics which have become increasingly refined over the years and
Today it constitutes the backbone of the Stefanese economy.
A particular country, unique in its kind: wherever you turn, you see plates, tiles, mosaics, all made in very colourful
ceramic.
The production of ceramic objects in Santo Stefano di Camastra began about three hundred years ago, following a calamitous event, which destroyed the original position of the town, forcing the inhabitants to move to a new one.
location further down the valley. The need to build new homes led the Stefanesi to exploit a material that was very present in the area, clay.
Alongside the traditional production, a certain diversification has developed, mainly carried out by young companies, pushed to enter
in the system with a certain amount of product innovation.
