History of Ceramics from Bassano and Nove
In the Bassano del Grappa area, the first ceramic factories began to work in mid 17th century. Ceramics were very popular in the Republic of Venice which favoured its development and commerce all over Europe.â¨
The physical characteristics of plasticity of this ceramics and candor of the mixture of clays, made it particularly suited to decoration, in fact on a such base colors resulted vivid and bright.
In that period the Republic of Venice offered to those who were in able to produce a better production of ceramics the possibility of being exempt from the taxes for a certain period. This stimulated the producers to carry out technological and artistic research that improved the ceramic production and expanded the market to Europe.
In the following centuries the exemption from taxes ceased, and in the areas of Bassano and Nove many ceramic activities were set up. It was a much appreciated art and competition between the various firms favored innovation and created new patterns.
All this continues even today, the market has become global and the production has evolved in artistic and technological terms .
Ceramiche Due Emme was founded in this context in 1997 and is among the most renowned for research of materials , forms and decoration . The passion of Enrico Mattesco and his wife Paola, along with the collaboration of different artists , new ideas are born and then transformed by skilled hands of the artisans that work in the company into : dinner plates, trays, appetizers, bottles, pitchers, cutlery, and everything that you need to make lunch or dinner a joyful meeting time.
The colours and patterns of Ceramiche Due Emme are distinctly Italian. They reflect the joy and colors of this country.
How in a ceramic object born
A ceramic object is first and foremost created in the artistâs mind, his imagination comes to life in form and decoration , which is then drawn. At that point the artist begins to shape it by hand from a piece of clay. To see how this shapeless piece of clay is then transformed in the hands of an artist is something magical . Once you create the model, a plaster mold is made and from this mold objects are produced in series. These will be finished and dried to be put in the kiln for firing at about 1000° C. When removed from the kiln the objects are absolutely white and are ready for the painters whose mastery so exceptional that it is a delight to how their brushes run over the whiteness and how the colour is absorbed by the bisquit .
After the objected are decorated they are dipped in a composed glaze of water and a glassy dust , and once again put in the kiln for a second firing at about 990°C. This sets the colour permanently . All materials used are of mineral and metal oxides so perfectly fixed that the objects are completely non-toxic and suitable for serving food.
Manual skills, experience and artistic talent are the ingredients for the creation of excellent ceramics.