The Perfect Union
Every year in the coldest weeks of the winter season, strange sculptures begin to appear in the fields all over the island. It is the moment for grafting.
Wild olive trees grow throughout the island and they produce perfectly tiny olives with a thin and bitter skin. However, though the oil from wild olives is supposedly superior to that of domesticated varieties, the yield is much, much lower. And so the grafting game begins. Wild olive trees grow throughout the island and they produce perfectly tiny olives with a thin and bitter skin. However, though the oil from wild olives is supposedly superior to that of domesticated varieties, the yield is much, much lower. And so the grafting game begins.
The Circle Vase is a typical vase made by artisan Walter Usai, who is a fourth generation potter from the town of Assemini. This vase recalls the original Roman canteens, soldiers would slip their arms through the center hole and wear it resting on their shoulder. Filled with water or wine, the canteen would then be stopped with a cork. Usai has added his signature decorations of leaves and roses - traditional elements of Sardinian design.