I spent the last months enjoying the challenge of creating the glaze pool at the bottom of my bowls. If you are familiar with J.K. Rawling series of Harry Potter, the effect I am after is a bit like the “Pensive”, a cloud looking pool inside a bowl. The magic happens at high temperature in … Read More
Before I studied ceramics I never even considered the cup I was drinking from. I did not come from a tea culture and I used to take my daily espresso at a bar with colleagues, from the normal commercial little cups they give in Italy. Coming to England opened to me an amazing possibility of … Read More
It is a long process but it is very rewarding. Every year I clear my strawberry patch select the best plants and then cover the soil between them to avoid too many weeds and slugs. I cover the bed with nets against the birds and then forget about it for three month. Suddenly I notice … Read More
I started using Cobalt at the very beginning of my ceramic career. I was learning Mayolica then, in Italy from my first teacher Teresa Rosa in Ivrea. There I experimented with the difference of strength and effects I could get by simply suspending it in water and painting with it. I used Cobalt carbonate (a … Read More
One of the challenges I have undertaken this year has been to learn to take professional photographs of my work. I miss my photographer and mentor Sussie Ahlburg who took most of the pictures on this website until her tragic death in 2013. From her work, her book “Photograph your own Art and Craft” (A&C … Read More
A few words about the origins of my cups. I grew up in this culture of food sharing and I have made it mine to the point that I like to serve the food I cook in the dishes and cups I make! The shapes of my objects, as well as the colours, come from … Read More
I have always wanted to make a dinner set and now I feel I am on the right path. I have found this new style that is at the same time decorative and reminiscent of all dinner services used only on special occasions. At home we had the plates with the gold rim for … Read More
There are shapes that have a resonance in me because I saw them as a child or have an association with some textures and shapes that I used to see in my Grandparents house. My Grandmother was a painter and even if she died when I was only 9 years old, she was a great … Read More
I wanted to explain a bit more why my work looks like it does. Hand thrown porcelain id famously hard to make but I went straight for the most difficult challenge. I chose the medium of porcelain because of its whiteness and its safety for eating and drinking. I then had to adapt it to … Read More