Print of a memory L'impronta di un ricordo Sculpture

Born in Varese (Italy) in 1961 I moved to Prato (20 Km to Florence) where I live and work.

About my art concept, my sculptures must seem more natural as possible: the artistic works must be like a a natural object , shells , stones,a big grain of rice, the leaves, the bones.The artistic intervention must seems a secondary part respect to a work that must live for own tension.
For ll my ceramic works I used grs.The glazes used for these sculptures are all glazes fired in an oxidizing atmosphere in an electric kiln oven at 1200 degrees.
The other type of procedure, only possible in gas ovens, is the so-called reduction method in which oxygen is removed during a determinant phase of the firing, in order to create a chemical reaction and consequently chromatic variations in the glazes.

The formula of the white glaze is formed by a composition, its major component is feldspathic sodium, calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, baric carbonate, zinc oxide and bentonite. From this base other coloured oxides are added at variable percentages ( cobalt oxides for blues and greys ) and oxides based on praseodymium and zirconium ( for yellows and greens).

The red yellowish highlighting are the result of the addition of glazes derived from iron such as ilmenite and rutile which create a more vibrant and less dull effect on the surface.

All sculptures in this gallery are created by the technique lucignolo, which is by hand; rolling the clay in long strands and building up the form. It is an extremely slow procedure which however permits the creation of even large dimension forms consisting in starting from a base from which small pieces are slowing added and modelled according to the desired form. Given the plasticity of the material, the work must often be suspended in order to wait for the ground to consolidate.
Once the form is complete and the surface is leathery hard one intervenes with small pointed instruments, lam and steel needles to create the engraved reticulated and corroded effect which is a dominant characteristic of the works exhibited.