The Tecnic:

Lustres, of Hispano-Moresque origin, were discovered and started to be used in Deruta araund the end of the 15° century. The technique, as decsribed by Cipriano Piccolpasso in "Li Tre libri dell'arte del vasaio" del 1558 (The Tthree Books of the Potter's art), does not leave room for confusion. The reverberation is obtained in the third firing in a reducing atmosphere  (SMOKE). Lustred Majolica was and is the greated expression  of Deruta ceramics output. The series of factors which determine the succesfull production of a piece  (it used to be called the deceptive art') mean that piece of majolica decorated with Lustre still represent the highest demostration of a crafts man's skill today. We belive we have honed this tecchnique, albeit not without spending time and resources before abtaining results. Our ispiration comes from the DERUTA Lustres of the 16° century, so the shades of cobalt BLUE and GOLD LUSTRE prevail; tradition has given us the shades of RUBY RED and STRAWBERRY RED LUSTRE, and their various combination with GOLD LUSTRE. Our preferd decorative painting style is the one whichmade DERUTA famus: the main part is clearly influenced by the RENAISSANCE, framed by motifs in a more ancient style, with touches of ARAB-inspirewd painting. The mixture of these styles, combined with the queen of all technique (only lustred pieces were called Majolica), gave rise to one of the most admired movements in the FINE ART.

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