The ‘’Fornace Sorbo’’ deals with the production of handcrafted bricks and terracotta floor tiles, by using the finest materials and traditional techniques.
Our commitment continuously gives us the incentives to innovate and sharpen manufacturing techniques, guaranteeing a unique product.
The raw material employed for the production of terracotta is a blend of clayey soils, mixed with different percentages of water and pozzolana.
The initial phase of the procedure is based on the extraction of the clay; the clay blended with water assumes plasticity and gets workable; once dried, it keeps the given shape.
The following phase consists in shaping the single items.
The third phase is related to the natural desiccation that occurs in depots which are specifically geared towards the elimination of the excess water.
The last phase, the baking, takes place in furnaces at high temperatures; every item gets a different colour depending on the percentage of its elements.