Something about terracotta floors

There is no denying that the origins of modern Italian pavement and sidewalks are found in ancient Greek and Roman traditions. The Italian floors provide a wide range of possibilities: in fact we have the possibility to choose between terracotta, stone, marble, wood, ceramic.
Just as in ancient times, even today in Italy the floors most valuable are those obtained with natural material: let’s talk about terracotta floors, made of a material derived simply from clays that the sea has left in mountains retreating from the Italian mainland 3.5 million years ago.

The real Italian terracotta obtained in the traditional way, is made even more precious by the output end: each piece stands on its own and is different from others; dents, very slight differences in thickness, delicate color variations determine the uniqueness and its high value on the market.
To make the pieces that will make up the floor in handmade terracotta, clay is extracted from quarries selected among places where the fossil remains are as low as possible; the clay is then kneaded, divided into loaves and allowed to dry outdoors for a time varying between 15 and 30 days. Later using a mold the clay is baked in oven, and it takes a lot of skill and patience to complete the process in the right manner (which is why every company that makes truly handmade terracotta floors has a kilnsman master).

At that point the handmade terracotta is ready to be sold and installed. Of course, the arrangement of terracotta tiles makes difference; in fact there are different ways of installation (which is always good to leave a real professionals in order to avoid problems later): we speak of the configuration to “herringbone”, the one “to flow”, which is the classic brick wall with tiles on a row ending in the middle of the tiles in rows above and below them, and there are many other more modern configurations.

Thanks to its enormous variety of colors, the handmade terracotta is suitable for any type of venue: we will have shades ranging from pale yellow to bright red, with white and black, going for a myriad of colors in between.
The great versatility of the ancient handmade terracotta, then, is also seen in the ability to furnish: your floor tiles in fact will go together so well both with an extremely rustic room and with areas of extreme elegance, especially if combined with materials such as glass and steel.