In this area terracotta can be found everywhere, in houses, on rooftops, in museums, in the many ancient grave sites and in churches. Within a tradition of centuries that goes from the Etruscan prototypes to modern-day design, Elena Urbani has reproduced an oak leaf, which was one of the basic motifs of the archaic zaffera ceramics.

The origins of this technique are to be found in the blend of german cold colour and arab-hispanic linear decoration. In order to create a broad variety of new unique products, the Zaffera leaf is presented in a wide range of colours and has been reproduced bigger or in reticular structures, painted, scratched and pierced.

The product is unique in its style and this is one of the main reasons for its success. In keeping with contemporary taste and in order to provide modern day safety standards for the products and to maintain a low impact on the enviroment, CdE has decided to maintain age old tradition not only using the traditional decorative motif but also in working with glazed terracotta. Ingobbio was used way before enamelling was introduced.

This technique involved the artisan in a very long creative phase. Decoration starts when the object is still made of wet clay. The process takes three working days during which the product is brushed with layer over layer of a thin white glaze and put in the kiln for the first time. Then it is protected and shined with a glossy coat and baked for the second time.