Roberto Sironi BUCCHERI, Ocno Vase, 2015
Vase made of bucchero
cm 28x28x27
CHARITY AUCTION FOR LUIGI SACCO HOSPITAL IN MILAN, LOTS WITH NO BUYER'S PREMIUM
Lot offered by Roberto Sironi with a 100% donation, shipped from Como, Italy
Ocno is part of the Buccheri series, a collection of vases made with a ceramic technique called Bucchero, created thousands years ago by the Etruscans.
These ceramic vases are hand carved with special tools made in boxwood and then baked for three days in a steel box with charcoal. This process gives the vases their typical black colour with silvery shades.
Roberto Sironi (1983) is an Italian designer based in Milan.
He considers each project as a story developed through research that involves different aspects,from rituals and anthropological references to historical memory, with a design practice that combines art, craftsmanship and new technologies.
Since 2015, when Roberto made his debut at Milano design week, he has been working with important art and design galleries and institutions such as Carwan Gallery, Gallery S.Bensimon, Bazar Noir Berlin, Pretziada, Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Nodus and Triennale Design Museum.
He received the Honorable Mention at the ADI Compasso d’Oro International Award and in 2018 he won the AD Design Award.
His works have been presented and published internationally (New York Times, Wallpaper, Il sole 24 Ore, How to spend it, Icon Design, Living Corriere della Sera, Domus, AD, Elle Decor, Interni, L’Officiel, Art Tribune, SKY Arte among others).
Since 2014 Roberto has been combining his design practice with the teaching and research activity at the Design Department of Politecnico di Milano, where his work has been focusing on wearable technologies, Internet of things and in general on current design technological changes.
Why Milano:
Milano è sempre stata una madre generosa nei confronti del sistema design: è quindi con grande spontaneità e naturalezza che nel momento del bisogno e del soccorso ci si unisca in un abbraccio
corale per la città e la sua gente.
Roberto Sironi