Castelmezzano
A small village in southern Italy's Basilicata region, set beneath jagged sandstone peaks the locals call the Piccole Dolomiti Lucane. The houses press up against the cliffs at the base of the spires, and a few of them are cut into the rock itself. The road in opens after the last bend, and the village arrives all at once. A footpath called the Path of the Seven Stones leads over the ridge to Pietrapertosa, the neighbouring village a kilometre away as the crow flies, two hours on foot. A faster way over is the Volo dell'Angelo, the zipline that crosses the valley between them. One of the most beautiful villages in Italy by official count, and one of the least crowded.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.