Arch Openwork Hand-Painted Ceramic Starter / Dessert Plate (8in/21cm)

Arch Openwork Hand-Painted Ceramic Starter / Dessert Plate (8in/21cm)Verdolinis ceramics are crafted with patience and precisionsculpted, molded, fired, glazed, and painted entirely by hand in the Nove workshop. Rooted in Italian tradition, each design pays homage to techniques passed down through generations. Among Verdolinis rarest arts is Traforato, where artisans carve the clay to create openwork patterns reminiscent of fine lace, as seen in this starter dessert plate.

One of the ways he does this is frogging embroidery

During hot working

using functional

chrome-plated brass and stainless steel

where a landscape and playing cards merge into a dream-like scene

with their languid proportions and elasticated waistband

This spoon and chopsticks set captures the beauty of the labour-intensive method

The pattern has been formed as the logs are broken down by fungus – then

Katy and Charlie Napier

verdant greenery and branched motifs in the atelier's collections

Of all Astier de Villatte’s creations

Function has its place