“Ascoli Landscape with Damsel and Jester”

Plate – Ø cm. 40
High-fire (920 °C) lead-free glazing

I love to imagine Ascoli transfigured in a dreamlike and timeless atmosphere.

For the realization of this plate, I drew a preliminary study sketch of the characters. In fact, I don’t like majolica that depicts stereotyped subjects in static postures and always with the same expressions. Of course the sketch serves only as a guide, because the decoration of this plate, as in all my majolica, is done entirely freehand.

Preliminary pencil sketch of the damsel figure

Preliminary pencil sketch of the jester figure