February 28, 2024

A Menopause In Maiolica

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I fell in love with the Italian Renaissance Maiolica style whilst on holiday in central Italy in summer 2019.  The bold colours, delicate and dense repeating patterns, the illustrative style of decoration transcribed with breathtaking skill onto myriad, elegant shapes with sinuous, twisting handles, all brought the past of hundreds of years ago right into the present for me – something that I feel handmade ceramics can do uniquely effectively, being as fresh and vibrant today as the day they came out of the wood kiln 500 years ago.