Scenografie Donatella Crestani's has introduced to the Paris fair, 'Maison & Objet', a collection of coloured glazes decorated by metallic lustre. This ancient technique of decorating ceramics was invented in Babilonia . It later moved across the Islamic world and arrived in Spain reaching one of the most illustrious production centres, Manises a famous town with ancient ceramic traditions, near Valencia. From Spain it then propagated all over Europe arriving in Italy toward mid XVI° century. This technique was adopted by the famous Maestro Giorgio from Gubbio and then by many other famous potters. The metallic lustre is fixed to the glaze in third firing, it is treated with a base solution of oxides and metallic salts which depending on the various components create these reflections and iridescences- sky blue, green, red, orange. Through these changing effects of light Donatella wishes to give new vivacity to the colours, the joy of living to the environment where the objects are placed and by means of the explosion of colours she wants to bring spring in our homes. Most of the models shown in their catalogues are available in these colours.

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