Category: Ceramics
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A Crown and a Dove
Clay statuette of Persephone-Aphrodite; On the goddess’ chest is the winged god Eros, who is holding a dove and a crown. This piece is dated to be from 460 B.C.E. I photographed it in Siracusa’s Museo Orsi.
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Ceramic Needlework
This ceramic plate was created by an artist based in Erice, province of Trapani. Its design details are reminiscent of the needlework, lace, crochet, and tatting for which women of Erice are known.
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With This, I’m Easy to Please
My cousins Giulia and Silvana in Palermo gave me this ceramic necklace. They said that they knew I’d love it. They were right!
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A Bit Graphic
Ceramic Designs from Santo Stefano di Camastra.
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Enchanting Sicily, Day 14: Tradition Next to Modern
LIVE from Sicily! | For our last day before departure tomorrow, we experienced a mix of modern and tradition. After touring the Baroque Villa Palagonia in Bagheria, we ate contemporary Sicilian cuisine at an award-winning restaurant. Then one of my dreams came true: we met the heir to the Ducato family business – – one…
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Ancient Oil Carafe
This vessel is called a lekythos. I photographed it in the civic museum of Castelvetrano, which houses some of the artifacts unearthed from the nearby archaeological site of Selinunte. Lekythoi (plural of lekythos) were used by ancient Greeks to store oil, most often, olive oil. It’s appropriate to see this beautiful one from the beginning…
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Design Unique to Erice
Painted ceramic spoon-rest from Erice.
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Glaze the Town
Santo Stefano di Camastra on Sicily’s north coast has had a tradition of creating ceramic arts for many centuries. The townspeople started to exploit nearby clay pits to make tiles, earthenware, and bricks, certainly during medieval times, but more likely, centuries before. This image is from a series of painted tiles in one of the…
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3 Feet, A Head
When in Sicily, you’ll see the “Trinacria” everywhere. The three bent legs are attributed to the triangular shape of the island, which in Greek times was called Trinacria. Originally, at the center of the legs was the head of the Gorgon Medusa, a depiction you’ll still find today; however, equally prevalent, and what appears on…