Farfalle d’Estate

Porcelain figurine allegory of summer. It takes the form of a woman with red highlights in her hair wearing a long wide golden dress and a long shawl with a butterfly pattern. Those butterflies come to life in her hands and fly away. She is sitting on a hazelnut colored chair, as she observes the passing of time and the Summer Butterflies (Farfalle d’Estate) flying free all around her.
Height: 28 cm

Every product created by Sibania is unique both concerning the realization process of every single piece and the production technology, which boasts its being inimitable by others. Each item is hand made and hand painted in our workshop, set in Vicenza (Italy). All clothes are made of thin, porcelain layers on which different kinds of textures are impressed. These layers are cutted according to the characteristics of every single template. They are successively carefully applied on the figurine body. Hairstyles are also handcrafted depending on each figurine’s unique features. Faces, clothes and accessories are painted on the biscuit with non-toxic colors. The piece is eventually baked one last time (“third firing”). Any additional details such as violin strings or the Vespa kickstands are then applied on the finished piece.