Ghirlanda wall decoration gray terracotta lava home garden Ø 18cm
Product details:
- 18cm diameter, weight about1.5 kg.
Available to order in the classic variant.
Handmade in Italy in the terracotta of Impruneta. Modeling in high relief. Mild variations can be determined by artistic processing and use of natural material.
The subject - the garland.
Traditionally round shape is often adorned with berries, dried fruit, pine cones, flakes and ribbons. It can be positioned in numerous places: outside the door of the house, above the fireplace, hanging from the window or as a centerpiece.
Ghirlanda has a very ancient origin, it is said that it was even born many centuries ago in Germany.
It has always been the symbol of victory, in fact in the Roman Empire they adorned the athletes of laurel wreaths which were then hung on the doors of the house to indicate the victory achieved. Its circular form indicated eternity, since the circle begins and has not ended. For the ancient Greeks the crown of Apollo indicated eternal love for a goddess, the Romans gave it to the rulers of the Empire and the Druidics and other cultures that used the crown, believed that the circle symbolized the continuation of nature after passing the line of the time of human beings.
THE MATERIAL - The terracotta consists of a clay mixture which is cooked at a temperature of 980-990 ° C and has a reddish color thanks to the presence of ferrous substances. Friendly resistant to -30 ° C, to thermal changes and the body, with the passage of time it buys a nice appearance on the surface where they can deposit lichen and mosses creating different textures and drawings, which will make each object an even more exclusive piece. These characteristics make terracotta ideal for decoration and furnishing external environments. Its unequivocal touch, however, is also widely used in refined internal environments with a rustic and retro taste. In more recent times, moreover, thanks to the rediscovery of all natural materials, there has been a recovery of terracotta also in the artistic field, in decorative objects and complements that combine refinement and durability, modern design and ancient material.
Processing - Each terracotta object is shaped by hand, with high -relief processing. The realization requires precise processing times, drying at natural temperature, cooking in the oven, cooling at natural temperature. The delivery of some objects, if not available, can take about 20 days.

