Goracci, Vicenzo

Vincenzo Goracci (b. 1933, Torrita di Siena, Tuscany) is an Italian ceramist and founder of Ceramiche/Laboratorio San Rocco.

Trained in Liguria - working in a ceramics factory in Santa Margherita Ligure and learning the lathe technique with sculptor Eliseo Salino - he opened his own studio in Rapallo in 1959, taking the San Rocco name from the nearby church. With his partner Rina he introduced in Italy the raised “cuerda seca” decoration technique, producing vases, panels and tableware noted for tactile relief and vibrant glazes.