Plissé: an eclectic experience of ceramic art by Isotta Gioielli, which in its experimentation dedicates great attention to the relationship between art and aesthetics.
There is the plissé soleil , like the sun's rays, the pleats lampion , like Venetian lanterns, the accordion , like the accordion's bellows folds and the pleated by Mariano Fortuny. However, these are small delicate folds that recall the tunics of Greek statues.
In an attempt to restore that timeless elegance to women, Mariano Fortuny filed a patent in Paris in 1907, making his pleated dress eternal and timeless, loved by so many women all over the world even today, more than a century after its creation.
The creations of Isotta Gioielli are the fruit of the same creative process that gave humanity the pleated and, taking up the way of being and doing typical of the Renaissance principles that combined scientific knowledge with humanistic knowledge, the arts with science, he transposed it into ceramic art. A creative act resulting from a cultural syncretism and an eclectic approach to the world, which blends knowledge and countless sources of inspiration, generating mixtures, interactions and fusions between heterogeneous cultural elements.
Technically, the elements are produced by manipulating white clay; after a first firing that reaches 1030°C, the ceramic pieces (also called biscuits), which have a consistent and porous structure, are then colored and covered by immersion in crystalline. Colors and glaze are then baked for a second firing, called “bello” at about 920-980°C, to acquire consistency and brilliance.
Finally, the lustre is applied with a brush, which specifically is pure 24-karat gold, and then subjected to a third firing at 750°C, hence the wording: third-fire 24K gold.
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