{"id":12204,"date":"2023-08-22T14:36:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/?p=12204"},"modified":"2023-08-22T14:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T12:37:01","slug":"nicolo-morales-sicilian-master-ceramist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/design\/nicolo-morales-sicilian-master-ceramist\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicol\u00d2 Morales, Sicilian master ceramist"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Sommaire<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a536d727e406\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a536d727e406\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/design\/nicolo-morales-sicilian-master-ceramist\/#Bamboo_collection\" >Bamboo collection<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/design\/nicolo-morales-sicilian-master-ceramist\/#The_alchemist_of_colours\" >The alchemist of colours<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>Ceramics are making something of a comeback. But far from brushing off the cobwebs on the objects that used to fill our grandmothers\u2019 china cabinets, today\u2019s ceramics are bold, modern and breaking into the collections of the major Italian furniture makers. Contemporary ceramics have never been so popular! And Nicol\u00f2 Morales, artist, master ceramist and designer, is one of those riding the wave.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12175\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12175\" class=\"center wp-image-12175 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NICOLO-MORALES_Portrait.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" width=\"900\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NICOLO-MORALES_Portrait.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NICOLO-MORALES_Portrait-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maurizio Natta \/ Courtesy Paola Lenti srl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am happily subversive. Tradition is an obstacle but not a stop!\u201d Based in Caltagirone, a small town in Sicily famous for its ceramics, fifty-year-old Nicol\u00f2 Morales represents the alternative wave of modern classicism. A visit to the nerve centre of this town opens your eyes to the fact that the ceramics industry still employs many craftsmen, known here as \u201ccannatari\u201d. Their skills have been handed down from generation to generation and honed over the centuries. A master in the art of sublimating fired clay, Nicol\u00f2 Morales produces both ceramic art objects and ceramic designer furniture, which he creates under his own name or under the label of a major Italian furniture maker.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bamboo_collection\"><\/span>Bamboo collection<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Founded in the 1990s by the eponymous architect, Paola Lenti has always pursued a dynamic strategy driven by research and experimentation. The result is a pure and demanding design that combines high technology with the finest natural materials. Earthenware is a central feature of her very latest furniture collection: Bamboo. It takes the form of mobile and modular suspended partitions, designed by Nicol\u00f2 Morales. Each partition is made up of mini cylinders crafted from majolica (glazed Italian earthenware) of different sizes, mounted on a steel cable (as if stringing pearls) and spaced by small felt discs. These cylinders, which take on the appearance of pieces of bamboo, are decorated and painted by hand by the Sicilian master ceramist. The unique colours have been developed by the designer himself. The result is a composition that undulates slightly as it hangs from the ceiling and serves to delimit the space.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12181\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12181\" class=\"center wp-image-12181 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NM_Collection-Bambou-PAOLA-LENTI_-\u00a9-Sergio-Chimenti_03.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Chimenti | Bamboo collection | Paola Lenti srl<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12193\" style=\"width: 685px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12193\" class=\"center wp-image-12193 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Collection-Bambou-PAOLA-LENTI-design-Nicolo-Morales-1-photo-Sergio-Chimenti.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Chimenti | Bamboo collection | Paola Lenti srl<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_alchemist_of_colours\"><\/span>The alchemist of colours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In his studio, Nicol\u00f2 Morales undertakes intense research to create his own unique palette of tones. The colours are obtained from a mixture of natural pigments, oxides and earth collected here and there around his island before being ground to obtain new shades. For example, the ceramic top (luce) of the Nesso table (designed by Francesco Rota for Paola Lenti) was made by the ceramist in a range of 18 exclusive colours. \u201cThe colour has been brushed by hand, which allows it to reveal its expressiveness. It could even be described as a living object because every centimetre has a different shade,\u201d he explains. The new Calatini series of ceramic coffee tables, designed in different sizes and shapes for Paola Lenti, are also perfect showcases for the work of Nicol\u00f2 Morales. He has decorated each piece with specially invented summer colours or in a tone-on-tone white version, giving the product a distinctive quality that is down to the irregularity and uniqueness of each piece.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12184\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12184\" class=\"center wp-image-12184 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NM_Collection-Calatani-PAOLA-LENTI_Design-by-Marco-Merendi-and-finished-by-hand-and-personalized-by-Nicolo-Morales.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" width=\"900\" height=\"621\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NM_Collection-Calatani-PAOLA-LENTI_Design-by-Marco-Merendi-and-finished-by-hand-and-personalized-by-Nicolo-Morales.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/NM_Collection-Calatani-PAOLA-LENTI_Design-by-Marco-Merendi-and-finished-by-hand-and-personalized-by-Nicolo-Morales-768x530.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Chimenti |\u00a0Calatini collection | Paola Lenti srl<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12190\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12190\" class=\"left wp-image-12190 size-full\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Collection-Cerchi-PAOLA-LENTI-design-Nicolo-Morales-2-photo-Sergio-Chimenti.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Chimenti |\u00a0Calatini collection | Paola Lenti srl<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_12187\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12187\" class=\"right wp-image-12187\" title=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" src=\"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Collection-Calatani-PAOLA-LENTI-design-Marco-Merendi-BUT-finished-by-hand-and-personalized-by-Nicolo-Morales-2.jpg\" alt=\"VILLAS Decoration Nicolo Morales\" width=\"600\" height=\"801\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-12187\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sergio Chimenti |\u00a0Calatini collection | Paola Lenti srl<\/p><\/div>\n<p>www.ceramicmorales.it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ceramics are making something of a comeback. But far from brushing off the cobwebs on the objects that used to fill our grandmothers\u2019 china cabinets, today\u2019s ceramics are bold, modern and breaking into the collections of the major Italian furniture makers. Contemporary ceramics have never been so popular! And Nicol\u00f2 Morales, artist, master ceramist and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":12180,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12204"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12204\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12209,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12204\/revisions\/12209"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.villasdecoration.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}