Thursday, February 24, 2011

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Crafts Sicily: Caltagirone ceramics

    Пожалуй,самое знаменитое сицилийское ремесло - керамика. Официально на Сицилии два города керамики - Кальтаджироне и Санто Stefano di Camastra, the first is practically in the center of the island in the province of Catania, and the second on the north, I mean the Tyrrhenian coast. Not being a great expert in ceramics, I can not say what exactly the different ceramics produced in these cities are likely to range of colors and patterns.

The city of Caltagirone, even in the title there mention of the ceramics, which indicates that the fishery is rooted in the mists of time. In translation with the Arab Caltagirone - City of vases.

Currently, the city's many shops, they do not look enough to enter or enter into the central part of the city to begin a sightseeing tour, visiting all the favorite boutiques. Ceramics are here to suit different tastes and different purse: you can buy a small a souvenir in the form of tiles or in the form of an animal, the salt, sugar bowl, spoon, stand, or bottles of oil and vinegar, and you can select something more considerable - large painted dish that can both put on the table and hang on a wall, table lamps with painted ceramic foot, various forms of pitchers and vases. Cost of products as I have said, vary greatly depending on the pattern of exploration products: more complex symmetric figure is more expensive. The cost of expensive vases can reach 150 - 200 euros (meyu mean vase medium size, then there are those that can be put on the table, the sideboard) but it makes sense, as usual, to bargain.
very popular ceramic angels, so they are usually terrible: the curves puffy faces and rickety legs. Nevertheless, the angel is popular not only among the masters, but also among ordinary people: a rare Sicilian housing does not have at least a couple of clay beings. Of course, we can not ignore Madona and fathers Pieve - it is also very popular and, unfortunately, popular product.
I want to draw attention on this fact: with all due respect to the pottery, I note that many products, unfortunately, are made to "whip" for the early Sales naive tourists. Sometimes I look at these articles and think, "By God, she would have done better!" That's why I advise if you intend to do buy pottery, visit as many shops and actually select "your" product, and most likely this product will cost a bit more expensive those pakyanyh, but I advise not to skimp in this case, the difference in the 20-30 euro: still it is a souvenir of a lifetime!
Another nice product, and, incidentally, a good a gift to friends, colleagues and relatives - terrakottovye creatures. Products are of several types: a lonely terracotta figure, for example, a doctor, carpenter or notary, or the girl with fruit, and there are entire terrakottovye subjects, for example, a pair of fisherman pulls a boat from the sea, a family scene with mother, father and kids, the scene in the butcher or fish shop, etc. However, and here I note that articles 100 -120 - year-old, who can observe either have someone at home or in museums in different parts of the island, in my opinion, of course, luchshe.Prichem, best of all: the treatment of primary materials, paint, developed of details - the expression person, body position, items of clothing. Apparently, before all products were less serial in each artist to put more love and skill. Nothing can be done: in these days become more serial, equal and less durable.













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