Paola Staccioli Living pottery
When you cross the threshold of the workshop you are awash in a feeling of closeness, almost as if you were entering a private, secret place. The objects arranged in the rooms combine small sizes with a powerful, and magnetic presence and a throbbing physicality that come from who knows which recesses of the mind. It’s a fascinating world, filled with poetry and Paola reveals it through pure, enchanting eyes. Unlikely coffee cups some with, others without saucers, delicate coloured bowls, curving teapots that seem to sway on short little feet, and the bold colours on bizarre round shapes saturate our eyes: creativity and function do not always harmonize.



Unlikely coffee cups some with, others without saucers, delicate coloured bowls, curving teapots that seem to sway on short little feet, and the bold colours on bizarre round shapes saturate our eyes: creativity and function do not always harmonize.
The festive air is enriched by the artist’s inventive skills so that the quality of the polychrome glazing gleams in the light and the material becomes so delicate as to practically eliminate the usual plasticity of pottery. She uses a special mixture of white clay and paper that lets itself be modelled into forms so thin that they seem like porcelain. Dreams and reality fiow together to become a little girl reaching for a glass on a high table – too high for her – and these two elements even join forces to make tables with elaborate, curved legs that hold the most natural and spontaneous settings.





