Artistic porcelain
Starting from the technical concepts and stylistics of the Capodimonte porcelain school, respecting the tradition of the artisan workshop and with meticulous research on materials for continuous product innovation, these enchanting figurines are born.
The entire 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 detail and giving each face its own expression.
These figurines of children represent the world of children with its purity and naivety, a more modern and contemporary representation like their particular expressiveness.
Collector’s items or gift items, but also wedding 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.
Porcelain figurine of a child sitting on the ground
Handmade in Italy
Richard
Porcelain figure depicting a child sitting on the ground.
He wears a pair of tan trousers and an ice green sweater, with a
scarf a gray checks, with legs slightly crossed and one hand on the knee.
He looks into the distance, perhaps dreaming of his next adventure with his friends.
Height: 12 cm
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 divided into several parts and a mold is obtained from each one.
THE SHAPING
Porcelain is a blend of kaolin, feldspar, quartz and water. The “casting” that is poured into the mould.
FINISHING AND ASSEMBLY
Removed from the molds the pieces dThey need to be “smudged” and “refreshed”.
The figure is recomposed by assembling the various components.
Finally, all those details that need to be made by hand and which are the value of craftsmanship are applied.
THE SHEETS
Here is what we believe to be one of the elements that most characterizes us.
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 impress decorative motifs typical of fabrics on these.
The sheets thus decorated and still in a plastic state are cut according to the desired shape to “dress” the figurines.
These sheets placed in the kiln transform from fabric into porcelain, so our porcelain pieces look like they were made with real fabric.
The hair is fine strands of porcelain that are “combed” over the bare head from time to time.
These processing phases are very delicate because any mistake causes defects in cooking and extreme attention is required in handling the sheets without damaging the decorations.
COOKING
Each piece is dried and is further finished dry to remove any defects.
While cooking at 1300°C, the porcelain body comes close to its melting point.
DECORATION
After cooking “over a high heat”, the bisque is cleaned and sometimes smoothed and decorated.
According to the so-called “di Capodimonte” technique.
Finally there is the color firing, or “third fire”
QUALITY CHECK
Finally, any details are added such as the shoulder straps of the bags or the strings of the violins, cold applied on the finished piece.
The pieces are thoroughly checked one last time.
Each object produced by Sibania is absolutely unique.
Both in the making of each single piece.
Both in the technique of production that has no equal and that makes it inimitable.
