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The art shop of Alessandro Marchionni is situated in Via San Pietro 22, in the historical centre of the city of Siena, between the Cathedral and the National Pinacoteca. You can reach it easily from "Il Campo" car park (entrance Siena Ovest Porta Tufi) and "Il Duomo" car park (entrance Siena Sud, Porta San Marco, Siena Sud). |
| The owner, graduated from the Belle Arti Academy of Florence; he taught decoration on pottery for 30 years at the Art High School and, at same time, he worked as a professional and researcher on the history of senese pottery. Actvally, he still continues his studies on the great tradition of senese pottery assisted by his team. |
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Each product is "thinking" before,then planned and,at the end,it's realized with an old technique:the shaping at the turning-bathe by qualified hands. When the object is dried,it's cooked in the kiln until the temperature of 1O2O° degrees.During this first step we obtain a Terracotta object. |
| The second step start with the immersion in a basin with unleaded ceramic glass called enamel(Maiolica). When this is dried,the handwork is ready to be painted by brush with unleaded colours. Then there is a second cooking at a temperature of 92O°-94O° degress to obtain the vitrification of the enamel and the colours. |
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The production of pottery is known and appreciated also in foreign countries. Its shape and painting are inspired by the typology of senese Renaissance,by the artistic contents of the Cathedral's inside and by the history of the Contrade of the Palio. |
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