The brightly painted face of a medieval-knight-turned-marionette. A three-legged Medusa grimacing from the center of a ceramic plate. The wooden wheel of a horse cart, painted in the colors and complexity of a kaleidoscope. There is something about Sicily’s most typical products that embodies its culture: vibrant, splashy, inherent with meaning. Above all, not too serious.

If you’re headed to Italy’s largest island, you’ll want to bring home a special souvenir. And I can think of no better way to experience the people, the stories, and the spirit of Italy’s largest island than searching for an authentic, hand-crafted souvenir.