Tiles for a Street in Oggebbio (Lago Maggiore)

An ancient stone wall with new tiles in a small street in a village
just some hundreds of meters above the lake (Lago Maggiore).
The Village is called Pieggio and is a 'frazione' of
Oggebbio (Verbania).
Met dank aan Marco!

acqua nella fontana (e anche dei pesci...)

This fountain is dedicated to San Zenone, the bishop of Verona who became patron of fishermen.
The fountain and tile panel was commissioned by the municipality council of Vermezzo (Mi, Italy) for its fishing pond park.

tegeltapijt

a tapestry of tiles

la fontana finalmente tutta pronta..manca soltanto l'acqua

la vasca rivestita,
i pesci attaccati..
grazie a Marco e anche a Giovanni e
naturalmente grazie a Franco che
chiede tutti i giorni se è tutto pronto e
grazie a Anna e a Tino per tutte le loro
cure (e per il caffé!)

ancora san zenone

ancora lavori... ;
manca il "peixe" per la fontana
mancano colori e
piastrelle...

Tiles for San Zenone

some details from the tile panel for San Zenone

la festa di Autunno / Autumn feast in Vermezzo 2006

the smaller pictures are made by Anna Curci
le foto piccole sono state fatte da Anna Curci

"just two tiles" before firing

just two tiles coloured with oxides
and pigments before firing
view the link to
see them after firing

due piastrelle
colorate con ossidi e
pigmenti - prima della cottura
segui il link per
vederli dopo la cottura

lavori in corso 1

la fontana di San Zenone davanti alla cava
di Vermezzo, con Simon, Tino, Marco

lavori in corso 2

la fontana di San Zenone
allestita per la festa
davanti alla cava






quasi tutto il panello
di San Zenone
davanti alla cava

just two tiles

fish and waves
detail from San Zenone panel

dragon azulejo

terracotta
with onglaze painting
(from a series of azulejos made in portugal)

Blue Naples Sea

These tiles were made on commission for
a family who comes from Napoli
They wanted a lot of blue, sunshine and the sea...

Rosa Mistica a Vermezzo

This Maria was asked for by a neighborhood (especially by Maria Zampa who organised the placement), in Vermezzo (MI - Italy).
The tiles are arranged in a small sanctuary on the mainstreet from Vermezzo to Zelo Surrigone. It is of course dedicated to Maria (her name a Maria das Roses and pose was inspired by a statue of a Maria das Rosas in Braga, Portugal, in Italian her name became Rosa Mistica), but she is also dedicated to my mother (to whom she resembles) and to my sister.