The Work And Beauty: Italian Hand Painted Dinnerware
Choosing a dinnerware set is no easy matter. Hundreds of different brands, designs, materials to select from and such a large amount of money involved in the purchase that a mistake would be much regretted. If you choose to stand out from the crowd and go for something really different and unique such as handmade Italian dinnerware, you’ll find some good pieces of information here.
Italian hand painted dinnerware sets are usually made of ceramic. Commonly used, ceramic is a most general term, which can be applied both to porcelain and to pottery. To be completely aware of the value hidden in a hand painted Italian pottery piece, you need to know a couple of things. Potters are not allowed to make mistakes when painting on glazed biscotto. Colors cannot be easily erased without compromising the whole work.
The raw colors seldom match the fired colors. The magnificent blue that was so popular in the Renaissance majolica and still is one of the favorite background colors, is actually pale pink before the furnace firing. It’s the artist’s experience that drives the selection of raw colors when creating a new design. Still, the result of a new color combination is always erratic, since each color needs its own firing temperature to achieve its perfect hue.