Porcelain figurine Oliver on armchair

Porcelain statue depicting a child sitting on a brown armchair, wearing a salmon sweater with diamonds on the chest, white and brown shorts and a light scarf. His gaze rests lazily on the book he holds on his legs, open to a poem by Dino Campana, The Chimera: “I watched the vivid stars in the seas of the sky, / I for your sweet mystery / I for your becoming taciturn. / I don't know if the pale flame / was the living / sign of her pale hair, / I don't know if it was a sweet vapor, / sweet on my pain, / smile of a nocturnal face: / I look at the white rocks at the silent sources of the winds / and the stillness of the firmaments / and the swelling streams that flow…”.    Every object produced by Sibania is absolutely unique both in the creation of each individual piece and in the production technique which is unmatched and which makes it difficult to imitate. These items are entirely modeled and painted by hand in our laboratory in the province of Vicenza (Italy). The clothes are thin sheets of porcelain, on which textures are imprinted. These sheets are cut according to the dress model and then patiently applied to the body of the statue. The hair styles are also handmade from time to time. On the "bisque" terracotta the faces, clothes and accessories are painted with non-toxic colours; the piece finally undergoes a further firing called "third fire". Any further details such as violin strings or wasp stands are applied at this point to the finished piece.