I went to the New York International Gift Fair in August. (
Now I tell you!) Wish you could have been with me. I had a blast!
I went to touch and breath in some of the newest and most dazzling work in Italian pottery. And, especially delightful, I met for the first time Luca Sambuco from Ceramiche Sambuco. Luca and I had been emailing back and forth for a number of months, so it was super to meet him in person -- and his brother Luciano. Now, I have the honor of giving you a peak at some of the new designs they brought to the New York Gift Fair.
Here we go...
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| Do you know who this is? |
I'm testing your knowledge here (just a little) of Italian pottery design. Take a second look...
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| I want to pinch their cheeks. |
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If you said,
Raffaellesco, good on you! This is the time-honored, much loved
Raffaellesco pattern. (Another
time, if you like, I will tell you more about the
Raffaellesco myth and how it came to be one of the
most popular pottery designs.)
For now, I want to show off more of the work.
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| ABOVE: The traditional, classic presentation of Raffaellesco pattern. |
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| ABOVE & BELOW: Sambuco's more modern application in design & form of these whimsical, mythical dragons. Notice how the "canvass" gives the dragon greater white space in which to show off. I'd call the above platter shape a "squared octagonal." |
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| I have a soft spot for square plates. And I love the Raffaellesco dragons peaking around the edges. |
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Moving now into the olive grove...
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| Luscious and plump! A pattern needing no more detailed name than simply, "Olive." Look at the wonderful shapes of the bowls! |
And finally (for now)...
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| FARFALLE...Italian for Butterfly. Colorful, vivid, warm, delicate and strong -- all in one. This design is Vario Farfalle. |
In another post today, you got a peak at a few new Italian ceramic pottery designs. I took the photos at the New York International Gift Fair (August 14-18) in the exhibit space of Ceramiche Sambuco while visiting with Luca Sambuco.
This is not an official announcement (yet), but MyItalianPottery has been working with Sambuco to offer you some of their collections. I would like to start this new venture by asking you to help select "the work." The pottery designs and forms I love are not nearly as important as what you love. I pretty much LOVE IT ALL. So I invite your feedback. 
Obviously, the choices presented in my photos don't begin to represent all of what we intend eventually to offer you. I'm just looking for some of your favorites as the best place to start.
