Francesca Addari interprets the lines and symbols of the archaic Nuragic culture with remarkable aesthetic equilibrium in a distinctive ceramic production characterised by essential and yet unusual shapes, decorated with accurate, striking graphic lines. An expert of the pre-Nuragic and Nuragic civilisations, after training as a primary teacher Francesca’s self-teaching of ceramics revealed her natural talent and aptitude for plastic crafting, which she devoted herself to, and which can be seen in her lathe-shaped pottery. In 2002 she set up her own shop/workshop, l’Antica Arte della Ceramica, in Usellus, a small town in the Upper Marmilla region in an evocative naturalistic and archaeological-historical setting, where, drawing inspiration from the island, she tirelessly creates artefacts in which she revisits the typical forms of the Nuragic civilisation through stylisations of elegant contemporary taste. Her furnishing accessories are distinctively decorated with glazing and graphic symbols on white or black slip in contrast with the warm colour of terracotta. Active and in synergy with the current creative context in Sardinia, Francesca participates in the main exhibitions where the different handicraft businesses are represented.