Etruria and Santa Fè

After studying graphic design in the early 1990s, the layering and overlapping of glazes started to play a role in the design of my ceramics. Even in everyday objects like bowls and plates, firing and glazing processes are repeated multiple times to achieve the “optimal” solution, much like the stages of ink in graphic design. Each piece is “painted” almost exclusively through immersion in glazes, rarely using brushes and paint, allowing the glaze to spread evenly on the surface.

The natural repulsion or attraction between the glazes themselves and the clay at different stages of firing lends itself to the artist’s “game.” The journey to India and the work experience in Mexico, witnessing the vibrant colors and dense repetitive patterns (simultaneously synthetic and simple) used in architecture and textiles, greatly influenced the choice of colors, their overlaps, and combinations. This is evident in the “Santa Fe” collection (inspired by the decorations of Native Americans in the southern United States and northern Mexico) and the “Etruria” collection (inspired by my Etruscan origins).