Loreto

Some places stay with you long after you’ve left them. Loreto was one of those unexpected discoveries, a chance visit to a fortified Italian town that turned into a wonderful source of inspiration.

Everywhere I looked, there were beautiful combinations of marble and stone. Decorative floors, architectural details and fragments of ornament appeared around almost every corner. It was the kind of place where even the smallest details deserved a closer look. Centuries of decorative ideas seemed to coexist quite happily, without anyone worrying too much about whether they belonged together.

Italian towns have a wonderful habit of revealing their history through the materials beneath your feet. A fragment of an old floor, an elaborate threshold or a curious piece of stonework can tell its own little story. Loreto offered these discoveries in abundance, and many have stayed in the back of my mind ever since.

The Loreto mosaic grew out of those memories rather than any particular historical pattern. Its stepped geometry carries a little of the architectural character I remember, along with the decorative confidence of traditional Italian stonework.

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