Description

The Metaphysical Cinderella decorative tile by Fairytiles, is inspired by the fairy tale of the same name.

The shoe test, the emblematic moment of the tale that will reveal to the prince the identity of the most beautiful (and sensual) woman in the kingdom, is set in a nocturnal landscape, populated by the key elements of the tale.
The prince hands Cinderella a furlana as translucent as glass, in homage to the master glassmakers of Murano, wearing a white half-face mask. Cinderella hides the mystery of femininity (and anonymity) behind a “moretta”, a mask with a delicate velvet oval that women used to wear, holding it between their lips with a little button sewn on the inside.

In the rarefied air, the stillness is marked by a mute metamorphosis: the carriage on the prince’s side turns back into a pumpkin on Cinderella’s side, in a play between appearance and substance, between dazzle and awareness. In the background stands the moon, now risen in all its splendour. Counterbalancing a blazing sun, kneeling in obeisance, the moonlight imposes itself in the deep blue sky. A sky that is a suspended mirror of the encounter between male and female.

Creation: Handmade tiles (casting in the mould, drying, polishing). First firing of the biscuit in the kiln, drawing of the design in pencil, application of the glaze by hand using the saving technique. Second firing of the tiles with subsequent vitrification of the glaze. On request: crystal immersion and third firing of the tiles.

Dimensions: 9.3×9.3×0.4