VASES ORCI ANFORE in “Impruneta terracotta”: beauty that resists over time
Impruneta artistic terracotta. The beauty of terracotta vases or jars is indisputable.
An ancient material, a unique color, a tradition that will never go out of fashion and that will always embellish gardens and terraces.
Even the small imperfections and the chromatic non-uniformity are distinctive aesthetic signs.
Which denote the handicraft production starting from natural materials and therefore the value compared to mass-produced products.
However, a widespread fear is that such refined pieces cannot withstand harsh winters and frosts.
But this is not the case, because there is a clarification to be made: when “Impruneta terracotta” is used, you can be sure that a vase will not break or form cracks even at the mercy of the coldest temperatures.
Why?
What are the properties that characterize the clays that come from the Impruneta quarries, a few kilometers from Florence?
The land of Impruneta is very rich in marl, a clayey rock known for its particular resistance to frost.
Precisely for this reason, the clays obtained from the extractions in this area – carefully separated from waste materials, without the intervention of any chemical process – are known for their property which in technical terms is called “frost resistance”.
Impruneta terracotta is also known for its permeability and porosity, because the clays from which it comes are also rich in calcium salts and carbonates.
It is therefore ideal for pots intended for burying and used as an outdoor furnishing element.
Even at low temperatures outside the Mediterranean area, even Siberian.
It may have happened to anyone to buy a terracotta vase that did not bear the Impruneta brand and to have experienced how the quality did not correspond to the price.
But this is not the case with the Goti Terrecotte vases, always made with certified terracotta, guaranteed by the original trademark and the date of manufacture, as evidence of longevity.
To make us understand how much the Impruneta terracotta resists over time, just one example is enough.
Brunelleschi chose this material for the bricks of his dome of the Duomo, creating.
In the first decades of the 1400s, an imperishable and admirable building that still remains intact today. without any support armor.