S Stefano Ceramics

Ceramics street santo stefano di camastra is a town on the provincial seaside road approx.

S stefano ceramics.

See more ideas about sicily sicilian pottery italy. But when talking about art it s impossible not to think about the history that links the neighbouring communities to santo stefano. Santo stefano di camastra. Today they have 320 items listed on their site for purchase and primarily work with 2 prominent talented artisans fratantoni and la giara.

The town along with a few others in sicily is known for its ceramics painted in bright colors. Bonechi imports is an american company based in maine that imports and sells santo stefano ceramics in the u s. The town developed thanks to the manual production of sicilian pottery and today it is the largest producer on the island. Ceramic wall hanging from sicily santo stefano di camastra.

Nino paurucca fish hand painted pottery bottle italian art palermo sicily 13 55. Their site also has a nice write up about the s. 50 kilometres east of cefalù. Vendita online di ceramiche artigianali di santo stefano di camastra.

The comune contains the palazzo trabia currently the civic museum of ceramics. That explorer who accidentally stumbled across the ceramics town couldn t miss the enthralling path of fiumara d arte an original open air museum comprising 12 works of contemporary art found in castel di lucio mistretta tusa motta d affermo. Later it continued with the production of functional utilitarian pieces like urns vases and tableware. Hand painted ceramic bell italy ceramica la maga s.

Santo stefano s production of pottery received a boost in the late 17th century because of the immediate need for bricks roof tiles and water pipes for the construction of the new town. It is the main ceramics center in western sicily and its repertoire is extremely rich of forms and colors including among its main motives geometrical decorations in the louis xiv style bright enamel colors rustic objects of sicily. The historical centre is a homage to ceramics with its panels in the squares house street numbers the signs and floors of the shops. Feb 10 2014 explore beth powell s board santo stefasno di camastra messina sicily followed by 129 people on pinterest.