THE BRILLIANCE OF BITOSSI
‘Photos never do justice to the beauty of Bitossi,’ explains collector Laura Cowling. ‘It’s incredibly tactile pottery. All Bitossi pieces are hand-thrown and hand-painted. I love the individual grooves pressed into the surface of the clay, the slight grittiness in the glaze, the way the dribbles of colour merge together. Each piece is unique.’
Bitossi Ceramiche is a family-run firm, which traces its involvement in the creation of ceramics over many generations. Before the Second World War, the company’s output was mainly utilitarian – cookware,
