Before Assunta ever picked up a paintbrush, she worked with her hands arranging dried flowers — creating compositions that were delicate, thoughtful, and full of life. It was there that she developed an eye for colour, balance, and beauty. An eye that would, in time, find its truest expression on ceramic.
Over the years, Assunta taught herself to paint. Slowly at first, then with growing confidence and joy. She discovered that what she had always known — how to see beauty, how to compose it, how to make it last — belonged naturally in the world of Deruta pottery.
While Assunta painted, Gerardo devoted himself to preserving the traditions, craftsmanship, and spirit that have defined Deruta for centuries.
Deruta is not simply where we work. It is who we are.
Nestled among the green hills of Umbria, Deruta has been the heart of Italian majolica pottery for more than five hundred years. The same techniques used today — hand-shaped clay, tin-glazed surfaces, and brushwork painted freehand — are the very same traditions that filled the workshops of Renaissance Italy.
Nothing is rushed here. Nothing is mass-produced.
When Gerardo and Assunta built Geribi Deruta, they made a simple promise: every piece would be created the way it has always been created. By hand. With patience. With pride.
Why our pieces found homes across America
From the beginning, something unexpected happened. Customers across the United States — far from the stone streets and sunlit hills of Deruta — connected deeply with what Assunta was creating.
Perhaps it was the authenticity in every br
ushstroke. Perhaps it was the knowledge that no two pieces are ever exactly alike. Or perhaps it was simply the feeling of holding something made by real hands, in a real place, with centuries of tradition behind it.
Whatever the reason, we are deeply grateful. And we pour that gratitude into every piece we make.
Each piece leaves Deruta carrying a part of us with it.
When you bring a Geribi Deruta piece into your home, you are bringing home more than tableware. You are bringing home a fragment of Umbrian light, an artist’s lifelong journey, and a tradition that has survived centuries, wars, and the relentless rise of mass production.
We hope it brings a little more beauty to your table — and to your life.
— Gerardo & Assunta Geribi Deruta, Umbria. Italy
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