A refined technique based on monochromatic graphics shaped in relief.
Grey relief decoration creates light, elegant surfaces with a sober, contemporary character, while remaining deeply rooted in the ceramic tradition of the Tuscia.
Origins of an ancient technique
Monochromatic relief decoration – though not in grey – can be found in medieval ceramics of central Italy, especially between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries. Artisan workshops used light slips and dark oxides to create strong contrasts between background and design, at a time when decoration needed to be legible, symbolic, and immediate.
These motifs were often connected to everyday life, the animal world, and symbolic imagery: horses, birds, dancers, and vegetal elements.
A refined technique
Grey relief decoration is more restrained than Zaffera, yet no less complex: the relief requires carving, modeling, the application of slips, and carefully controlled firings.
It is a technique that enhances line, mark-making, and the purity of the gesture.
Cinzia Chiulli’s vision
Cinzia offers an elegant, essential, and distinctly contemporary interpretation. The surfaces remain light, textured, almost “stone-like.”
The reliefs, instead, are dynamic and subtle, carrying a graphic rhythm that recalls medieval miniatures as well as modern illustration.
The result is a balance between rigor and poetry: objects that feel ancient and contemporary at the same time.
