{"product_id":"testa-di-medusa","title":"Ceramic Moor heads from Santo Stefano di Camastra","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Handcrafted ceramic dark brown heads made by the skilled hands of the artisans of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSanto Stefano di Camastra.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e approximately 24cm\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sold as a pair: the Moro and the Fanciulla\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Each piece is unique and every apparent \"defect\" guarantees it greater uniqueness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCreated and handcrafted in Sicily, Italy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDid you know that...\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFor few other places like Sicily, talking about \"typical products\" means starting a journey within the journey, encountering artisanal processes that\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ethey reveal perspectives of time and suggest images of places. Important in the field of craftsmanship is S. Stefano di Camastra, the\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elargest ceramic production center in Sicily, which also represents one of the most interesting traditional tourist itineraries and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ealso called the \"country of ceramics\". This is how this very active center on the borders of the provinces of is better known throughout the world\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePalermo and Messina.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHaving assimilated the color and glaze techniques of Neapolitan artisans, they will give life, for a total of 1,800, to an innumerable series of tiles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003emajolica tiles which, due to their originality, are the expression of a specific moment in the history of Sicilian art. The birth of the art of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ereal ceramics can be traced back to the early 1900s when we moved from an exclusively economic production consisting of\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eterracotta objects such as vases, jars, \"quartare and bummuli\" to artistic ceramics which have become increasingly refined over the years and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003etoday it constitutes the backbone of the Stefano economy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA particular country, one of a kind: wherever you turn, you see plates, tiles, mosaics, all made in very colorful\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eceramic.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe production of ceramic objects in Santo Stefano di Camastra began about three hundred years ago, in\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003econsequence of a calamitous event, which destroyed the original position of the town, forcing the inhabitants to move to a new one\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003elocation further downstream. The need to build new homes led the people of Stefano to exploit a material that is very present in the area, clay.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlongside traditional production, a certain diversification has developed, brought about above all by young companies, driven to enter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ein the system with a certain amount of product innovation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ceramiche artigianali Santo Stefano di Camastra","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51249162518865,"sku":null,"price":200.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/0183\/3297\/files\/1_40fc4aa9-df63-4fe5-bb59-687ea4dcdb34.png?v=1779986385","url":"https:\/\/maravigghiaforsicily.com\/en\/products\/testa-di-medusa","provider":"Maravigghia Sicily","version":"1.0","type":"link"}