"Cotto in Siena" - "Baked in Siena"
"Cotto in Siena" is our trademark. We stamp all the tableware
with this mark and with the writing "Made in Italy" and "Fatto
a mano" ( hand made). Today is important to give a territorial indication
because we live in the age of globalization in which we never know anything
about the objects that go through our hands."Cotto in Siena" guarantees
you the possibility to trace the place of origin of all first materials
we use. "Cotto in Siena" is also research and innovation. Before
offering you a new article, we try to make it in many different way, until
we find the procedure that consents us to give you the better product at
a lower price. In short this mark represents the quality of artisan product,
result of experience, tradition and Italian brilliance. Everybody know that
eating well means living well. Similarly to live among beautiful objects,
made with passion and care, consents us to feel better, and we want to create
these objects for you, this is the aim of "Cotto in Siena" mark.
The
origin our work group developed its acquaintance beginning from rudimentary
basis of handicraft. We made our first work tools in conformity with ancient
technique, in part transmitted us from our families and in part acquired
through historical research, and especially from the study of Etruscan ceramic
handicraft. We made our first lathe with an olive wood trunk and same iron
bars; we obtained a plane that rotated on an axis with great precision to
consent us to create the vases. We reproduced cups, vases and objects that
we went usually to observe in archaeological museums, trying to catch as
much details as possible, to make a perfect copy of the original. We made
many study for materials too: the clay we used was a particular impasto
that consented us a faithful reproduction, for obtaining it we went in many
clay pit and along the rivers of Etruria. Afterwards we settled and filtered
the clay to make it uniform and fluid, at the end we strained it in the
chalk stamps. Chalk is a very difficult material to use because is subjected
at humidity and at wear and tear. We spent a lot of time to find a personal
and exclusive composition for the chalk that we used for the stamps. The
stamps are the matrix of pots so we had make them perfect to have perfect
vases. With time we have integrated the Etruscan manufacture with many others
kind of production, as decorated ceramic for the table and industrial production
of terracotta and candle holders.