Red stoneware, volcanic rocks foraged in Pantelleria

Fired at 1250°C

Stamped with material details and UA/Clara Holt logo on the base

9x9 cm

Pantelleria is a volcanic island in the Mediterranean Sea, southwest of Sicily and east of the Tunisian coast. The last eruption occurred below sea level in 1891. The island is the type locality for peralkaline rhyolitic rocks, Pantelleriti, which were used for this decoration.

The body of the tile is made of red commercial stoneware, onto which lava is applied to the surface and melted in the kiln at high temperatures, in a process similar to the geological one that formed them in the Earth’s crust. The liquid appearance of the decoration is an immediate reminder of the fire and heat that made both the lava rocks and the tile.

About the collection

The Clara Holt/Unurgent Argilla collaboration is a growing collection of objects decorated with scenes and wild materials foraged on the volcanoes of Pantelleria, Stromboli and Etna. Each decoration is specific to the setting where the materials were collected.