COTTO VIETRI’S CERAMICS ARE

MADE OF LIVE MATERIAL, CLAY

CHOSEN BECAUSE IT IS MADE BY THE

EARTH WITHOUT IMPURITY, FREE OF

CONTAMINATION. IT IS THIS PURITY

WHICH LENDS ITSELF SO WELL TO

BEING MOULDED MANUALLY BY

TIMELESS GESTURES.

THE CLAY DOUGH, COLOURED OR LEFT

WITH ITS NATURAL RED AND YELLOW

NUANCES, ARE HAND SQUEEZED BY

A WOODEN LOOM AND MADE INTO

SEVERAL FORMS AND DIMENSIONS.

THE SURFACES ARE FLATTENED AND

THE MOULDING ADJUSTMENTS ARE

THE PRACTICE OF HANDMADE STEPS

WHICH WILL LAST FOREVER, THANKS

TO THE DRYING UP AND AFTERWARDS

COOKING THE CERAMIC INSIDE OF THE

“FORNACI”.

THESE HANDMADE GESTURES ENSURE

THAT EACH CERAMIC IS A UNIQUE

PIECE, DEFINED BY INIMITABLE

GESTURES AND IMPERFECTION.

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