Skilled hands intent on embroidering precious details: this image accompanied my childhood, like that of many children here in Sicily. Under the clear light of the skylight of her house, my grandmother patiently and precisely embroidered her precious laces, and I watched, admired, giving life to a delicate beauty of shapes and colors. Embroidery, in Sicily and beyond, has been a hobby for women to cultivate, but sometimes also a means to support the family income or to become economically independent. But above all, it was and still is, a means to express one's creativity. Tatting lace has always been very popular throughout the island. It is a lace made with a series of rings, knots and bows; characteristic of...
> A STORY OF ETERNAL LOVE The Testa di Moro is a characteristic object of the Sicilian tradition. It is a hand-painted ceramic vase used as an ornament depicting the face of a Moor and sometimes of a good-looking young woman. They are almost always displayed in pairs on the balconies of Sicilian houses, on the sides of the sunny terraces in country villas, but also as precious objects inside the houses in the cities of Italy and around the world. The Moro heads have now become an emblem of Sicily. They are liked by Sicilians, but also by all Italians and foreign tourists, who see in them an artistic expression characteristic of our land. Today the Testa di Moro...
Mi è capitato di ospitare, nella mia piccola casa-vacanze di Vittoria (che si trova nella parte sud est della Sicilia) un fotografo belga un po' originale, Dirk.
"NATURA" is a new collection of Teste di Moro, inspired by an archaic and luxuriant nature, evoked as in a memory of a trip or a dream. The colors are bright and intense, the lines of the decorations refer to the tribal culture, however revisited in an almost hyper-realistic key. Today the new trends for interior design are increasingly oriented towards wellness and comfort : we want a house where you can feel good both physically and psychologically, and where the reference to nature is certainly privileged. The use of light green, but also of primary colors, goes in this direction and, for to make a more direct contact with nature, there will be large plants in the house that...
Today the Teste di Moro are an emblem of the Sicilian artistic tradition: they are almost always exhibited in pairs on the balconies of Sicilian houses, on the sides of the sunny terraces in the country villas, but also as precious objects inside the houses in the cities of Italy and the world.
