The Pinecone. Fruit of the pine, it has always and in various civilizations enclosed the symbolic meanings of life force, immortality, divinity, linked to the tree that generates it together with those of fertility and regenerative force for the seeds it contains. believes that it is useful to give pine cones to hang above the front door as a wish for health and good luck to the family who lives there.
But the Pinecone is also found on balconies and entrance gates of ancient villas and noble gardens, monumental cemeteries, facades of churches and convents, up to populating the thrones of kings and popes as a materialization of the soul, the bridge that connects the land to the divine. These meanings materialize in the hands of skilled ceramic artisans who make large and small pine cones.
Starting from the lathe, the ceramist forges the base cap and the support foot which will be joined following a first drying. Then, with great skill and meticulousness, the craftsman models the bracts of the pine cone one by one, using only his fingers. There is no more harmonious and fascinating final result, enhanced after cooking with enamel with classic colors such as white, ivory, copper green, but also the magnetic burgundy, turquoise and cobalt blue enamels.
Today the Artistic Pine Cones, used as wedding favors, wedding gifts, interior and exterior furnishings or as a lamp base accompanied by a suitable lampshade, remain an exclusive way of expressing a deep wish for well-being.