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August 2019 Homes & Antiques 125

Whatnextforthismaterial?

Here’sa tasterofhowdesigners

are using it today...

THE FUTURE

OF TERRACOTTA

It is notonlyPoggiUgomaking

waveswithterracottaandstopping

theglobaldesigncommunityin

itstracks.In recentyearswehave

seenthematerialusedin innovative

waysaroundtheworld.TakeBrazil’s

leadingcontemporarydesigners

HumbertoandFernandoCampana,

whohaveproducedaneditionof

unusualterracottabowls,aswellas

usedterracottablocksto createa shop

interiorforskincarecompanyAesop’s

SãoPaulostore.Meanwhile,weare

sureto seeterracottabeingusedmore

to cladbuildings– theengineering

buildingat Australia’sUniversityof

Queensland,designedbyarchitects

RichardKirkandHassell,is beingheld

up as a shining light of such design.

Surprisingly,ancientterracoa

collectablesareaordable.Chris

MartinofCJMartin&AncientArt

inLondon,whodealsinantiquities,

saysyoucanbuya pieceforaslileas

£50,whileaninterestingone-o

couldsellforseveralthousand,but

rarelymore.‘TheearlyBronzeAge

area,whichismodern-dayGeorgia,

producedtherstpoery,’hesays.‘It

wasallproducedbywomen.There

arelotsofprey vesselsinclassic

bulbousshapeswithoneortwo

handlesthatdatefrom3000BC.In

termsofaordability,youcanbuy

somethingquitenicefor£200.’He

saysRomanterracoa piecesdating

fromaboutAD200tendtobewine

bolesoroillamps– theRomanlight

bulb.Dependingondecoration,they

cancostfrom£50to£250.More

recentterracoa antiquestendtobe

planters,urnsandsculptures,which

are around the £200-£600 mark.

Theinnovative‘Land’
projectunveiledbyItalian
terracottacompanyPoggi
Ugoat MilanDesign
Weekin Aprilwasits first
forayintointeriors– a
majormovefromthe
classicgardenpotsit has
produced for a century.

ABOVEAnItalian16th-

centuryterracottastatue

of CarthaginianHannibal

Barca.Forsaleat Nicholas

Wells Antiques (£POA).

ANTIQUES.NOW.