Small Colorful Glazed Ceramic Madonna

Small glazed colored ceramic Madonna

The small glazed colored ceramic Madonna is a handcrafted product, manually produced according to the oldest traditions of the craft.
To obtain the glazed product, depending on the effect we want to give to 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 glaze.

We mold and hand-touch up the terracotta base.

After that, 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 that we apply with a brush and that will solidify, thus preventing the glaze from adhering to those points that must remain white.

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

Once out of the oven, the glaze will have taken on the desired color and the object will have a shiny and glazed effect.

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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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