Enameled Colored Ceramic Madonna Boccadirio

Enameled Colored Ceramic Madonna Boccadirio

The enameled colored ceramic Madonna Boccadirio is a handcrafted product, manually produced according to the oldest traditions of the craft.

To obtain the enameled product, depending on the effect we want to give the object, we use white refractory clay which gives the product a bright and homogeneous color.

We use majolica clay in items where we need to highlight, in the most prominent points of the object, the dark of the underlying terracotta. This better defines the lines (for example, of a face).

This clay is used with white enamel.

We mold and hand-touch up the terracotta base: then we put it in the oven for the first firing at 1000 degrees.

Once out of the oven, the piece goes to the second processing phase. We apply a special rubber with a brush that will solidify, thus preventing the enamel from adhering to those points that must remain white.

After that, with a special gun, the enamel is applied by spray, which will appear as a powder and of a different color than the one we will have at the end of the processing.

After the enamel has dried, we begin to remove the previously applied rubber, being very careful not to touch the enamel. Furthermore, another coat of transparent "crystalline" enamel will be sprayed, which will give the product a shiny patina.

When this enamel has dried, it will be fired a second time at 900 degrees, permanently bonding with the base piece.

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In conclusion, the company Cestenoli has a variety of handmade products made at its headquarters in the province of Florence.

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