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Margherita Pilloni

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The artisan

Margherita Pilloni’s well-known ceramic production reveals great craftsmanship and an innate expressive talent, stemming from inventiveness combined with keen stylistic research, solid foundations and a thorough knowledge of the momentous historical ceramic tradition of Oristano. After studying at the Art School in Oristano, Margherita was immediately drawn to ceramics and understood its expressive potential. She specialised in lathe shaping and carried on her research and professional growth thanks to which she refined her techniques and defined her stylistic identity. One of the founding partners of the renowned CMA ceramist cooperative company in Oristano, during the early years of CMA she also worked as an apprentice in the workshop of Giovanni Sanna, master potter from Oristano, the ...

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The collection

Margherita Pilloni’s production counts a line of traditional ceramics from Oristano: typical everyday objects in terracotta, partially decorated with slip and glaze such as sa brocca, sa stangiada, su frascu, in addition to the prestigious brocca fiorita (flowered jug), a richly decorated festive jug with plastic additions, which Margherita realises with great mastery following her creative bent. She also produces an experimental line characterised by a clear and neat stylistic trait, in which she revisits traditional themes and explores new techniques such as the glazed effect using the crawling technique, characterised by evocative shrinkages and cracks.

The technique

Margherita Pilloni, an expert lathe shaper, performs lathe shaping and plastic manual shaping. Her decorations are realised with slip, enamels and ceramic glazing by brush and sprinkling, with engraved motifs. She uses experimental techniques such as glaze crawling.

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Where to find them

Indirizzo:
Oristano Via Crispi, 29 09170 Oristano (OR)

E-mail: pillonimargherita@tiscali.it

Telefono: +39 0783 303980

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