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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