Antonio Fasano Ceramics

Antonio Fasano Ceramics
Grottaglie, Puglia, Italy

Grottaglie, in the Puglian province of Taranto, has been a centre of ceramic production for over 400 years. The Fasano name appears on nearly every other storefront — because for 18 generations, the family has continued carrying out the craft of their ancestors. Antonio Fasano runs his own workshop, Bottega Ceramica, in the city's historic quarter — separate from his family's larger operation, and entirely his own in character.

His pieces are hand-built and hand-painted in lead-free majolica: the expressive head sculptures and woven-form baskets that arrive at TVD are made one at a time, in small batches, with no two exactly alike. The irregularities in glaze and texture are not incidental — they are the direct mark of a hand at work.

We found Antonio's pieces because we were looking for objects with a genuine sense of place — something that couldn't have been made anywhere else, by anyone else. A head sculpture from his studio carries four centuries of craft and tradition and one person's interpretation of it. That combination is not easy to find.

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