Capodimonte Porcelain

The artistic porcelain

Starting with technical concepts  and stylistics of the Capodimonte porcelain school, respecting the tradition of the artisan workshop and with a meticulous research on materials for continuous product innovation, these enchanting figurines are born.

The whole creation process takes place in Vicenza, Italy, where expert craftsmen, model makers and painters they take care of the pieces, finishing each statue down to the smallest details and giving each face its own expression.

These children’s figurines represent the infantile world with its purity and naivety, a more modern and contemporary representation like their particular expressiveness.

Collectables or gift items, but also favors of particular value:

The emotions they transmit can easily convey a thought, a message for 

whoever wants make a precious gift, but it can also be a piece of furniture.

Italian porcelain figurine of the sign of Pisces

According to the zodiac, people born between February 20 and March 20 belong to this sign.

Our Pisces

  

The sign of Pisces is the most emotional of the Zodiac, so he sits hugging his knees, in an almost defensive position, but with his gaze turned upwards, towards the future or the dream.
Her unusual and asymmetrical dress represents the imagination of the sign, soft in the print but pervasive overall. 

The sheets of tulle, a feature common to the Water signs, follow the drapery of the skirt and take up the dualism of the sign: a larger drop contrasts with two small ones, front and back, like the head and fins of a fish. The hair, gathered to the side, on the shoulder opens in two regular locks, recalling the iconography of Pisces.
The colors of the sign are purple and light blue, opposite as shades in the two parts of the bodice and taken up with the print and shades of tulle. The hair is black, as for the winter signs, while the purple eyes recall the color of the Water element, also evident on the base.
The symbol of Pisces is taken up in the bodice, made up of two asymmetrical circular parts linked by the central band in tulle.

Height: 7 in

The mini version of height 2 15/16 in 

   

Production phases.

SCULPTURE
Starting from a block of clay that is modeled to obtain that face, that expression of the object that you want to represent.

THE MOLDS
The sculpture is sectioned into several parts and a mold is obtained from each.

THE FOGGIATURA
Porcelain is a mixture of kaolin, feldspar, quartz and water. The “casting” that is poured into the mold.

FINISHING AND ASSEMBLY

Removed from the molds the pieces dthey need to be “smudged” and “refreshed”.

The figure is reassembled by assembling the various components. 

Finally, all those details are applied that need to be made by hand and which are the value of craftsmanship.

THE LEAFLETS

What we believe to be one of the elements that most characterizes us is grafted here.

By studying the characteristics of the materials we have created thin sheets, created with a special tulle dipped in porcelain. Then we developed a method that allows us to print on these decorative motifs typical of fabrics.

The sheets thus decorated and still in a plastic state are cut according to the desired shape to “dress” the figurines.

These sheets put in the oven are transformed from fabric into porcelain, so it is that our porcelain pieces seem to be made with real fabric.

The hair is thin strands of porcelain that from time to time are “combed” on the bare head.

These stages of processing are very delicate because every mistake causes cooking defects and extreme care is required in handling the sheets without damaging the decorations.

COOKING
Each piece is dried and further dry finished to remove any defects. 

During cooking at 1300° C, the porcelain dough comes close to its melting point.

DECORATION
After “high heat” cooking, the bisque is cleaned and sometimes smoothed and decorated. 

According to the so-called “di Capodimonte” technique.

Finally there is the cooking of the color, or “third fire”

QUALITY CHECK

Finally, any details are added such as the shoulder straps of the bags or the strings of the violins, applied cold on the finished piece.

The pieces are carefully checked one last time.

Each item produced by Sibania is absolutely unique. 

Both in the realization of every single piece. 

Both in the technique of production that has no equal and that makes it inimitable.

The ladies of yesterday and today. . . You can find them all in our eBay shop