YELLOW

DARK RED

Bernasconi’s Furnace proposes a handmade wood oven baked terracotta, with Chestnut trimmings (waste from local sawmills). The mineral composition, together with the baking temperature are the two variables which determine the colour of the natural terracotta.
The wood stove has a traditional oval-shaped structure, lined with refractory bricks. It has a diameter of approximately 3.9 meters (at the wide end) and a height of approximately 4 meters. The baking cycle has a duration of 60 hours. For approximately 30 hours, the wood oven reaches a temperature of 1000°c. The varying degrees of temperature within the oven and the gradation in time results in the tone variation shades within the terracotta. The tonal shades from soft yellow to dark red.

The Yellow-Pink Hue

 

The mineral composition of the clay from our own quarry gives rise to a handmade terracotta with subtle shades ranging from yellow to pink. Decades of experience in firing handmade bricks, along with a deep understanding of our traditional wood-fired kiln, guarantee customers the possibility to choose the color tone of their terracotta: from “Yellow-Toned” to “Pink-Toned,” including the warm and soft nuances that are typical of wood firing. The handcrafted nature of the product, the experience, and the made-to-order production are all essential and distinctive elements of Fornace Bernasconi’s handmade terracotta. All this also allows customers to choose the “color tendency” of their brick—while respecting the inherent nature and limits of a handmade, wood-fired brick, where slight tonal differences or small color variations are a valued feature of the material, not a flaw.