Beautiful Italian flower pot decorated with lemons - Goti Terrecotte

Italian design of products combined with careful firing of clay from the Impruneta quarries gives us a picture of Goti Terrecotte d’Arte.

Goti Terrecotte can boast over fifty years of experience born from the strong passions of its owner, Giancarlo. Mr. Giancarlo began his journey as a ceramic decorator apprentice, later, after marrying Ms. Fiorella Goti, he opened a small artisan workshop in Sesto Fiorentino. The expansion took place over a few years, and in 1973, he managed to progress and establish his company in Calenzano, a few kilometers from Florence, in Tuscany. The knowledge Giancarlo gained over the years through experimentation with materials and production techniques includes:

- Artistic casting of ceramic art, replacing the traditional pouring process

- Use of clay from the Impruneta quarries for the production of frost-resistant cookware made from clay with a unique family-recipe, mixed and kneaded with water to create professional or outdoor food ovens with high certified resistance and quality of fireproof terracotta, fired at 1040°C.

A well-equipped laboratory allows for the handmade and personalized creation of jars, tiles, statues, planters, vases, sinks, chimneys, bricks on order, bas-reliefs, and various decorations. The production department dedicated to wood-fired ovens has enabled Goti Terrecotte to be recognized internationally as a benchmark in the market for professional, domestic, and garden fireclay wood-fired ovens.

The product range, from classic to modern furniture, includes over 1000 items in the catalog. Additionally, the company is prepared to produce items based on drawings or orders. 90% of the production goes to the “garden of clients,” says Giancarlo, owner of Goti Terrecotte d'Autore.

Artifacts are left to cure for 5 days in a dedicated oven at a temperature of 1040°C. Only careful drying before firing prevents cracking during firing and ensures high mechanical resistance. High quality is guaranteed, certified, and tested in a refractory mass laboratory. Raw materials used for processing come directly from the Impruneta quarries. The clay found in Impruneta gives the finished product a unique color and extraordinary frost resistance.

For this reason, Goti Terrecotte seeks out and sources prestigious Impruneta clay: an unparalleled raw material with remarkable properties, primarily “frost resistance,” meaning it does not absorb water and can withstand even the lowest temperatures almost indefinitely. Of course, the production process is also refined and more complex, with longer times: Impruneta clay is processed through molding, has very slow drying times, and is fired at extremely high temperatures.