Coralla Maiuri is an artist who lives in Milan and Rome and whose work has been exhibited around the world. Resulting from experimentations with various materials, her ceramic and porcelain creations are inspired by her passion for nature and are crafted and decorated by hand. Her vases and jars create dynamic universes, while her collections of china comprise six series inspired by Roman Renaissance and Baroque styles, named after the six rooms in Villa Borghese Gallery in Rome.
Lived in the countryside and always fumbled with clay and color Coralla Maiuri realized early on that art was her way.
Your journey?
For many years I did paintings, installations and videos, then I started making furniture, ceramics and everyday objects.
Your inspiration?
I don’t know where my inspiration comes from, but all my work have something similar. This makes me think about an Indian woman that was exhibiting at Maison et Objet in the stand next to mine. She uses a symbol that is frequent in my work: a big dot in the center of the plate and sometimes, drops and seeds that are ready to sprout. This parallelism between me and this woman makes me think that inspiration has to do with something deep and irrational, that comes from far away.
What do you love most about your work?
To see my intuitions and thoughts coming to life, they usually reveal something that I didn’t realized I knew.
Your design philosophy?
What I make is far from design, my philosophy is to be free from any rule of fashion.
What’s your ideal space to unwind?
In every place I go, I find a nest to unwind, that is usually a bed.
A piece that you would love to create?
An immense landscape made of enchanted mountains, mysterious caves and teeming ponds
