Beautiful (2024 Edit) by Iara Talledo Violani

Fluid ceramic sculpture by London based Brazilian artist Iara Talledo Violani. One of a kind.

Made in 2024 to combine Talledo Violani's exploration of collaging wheel-thrown work and special effects glazes, this tactile, standout mad sculpture would serve as an eye-catching and fun centrepiece in any eclectic style interior.

With all the colours of the rainbow appearing in the most unorganised form or way, this is sculpture celebrates creative freedom and is for those contemporary art collectors breaking the rules.

By using a chaotic and unpredictable approach to ceramics to create unique pieces, Iara frees the material and form after creating individual elements on the potter’s wheel, rejecting the customary gentleness with which ceramist artists treat soft, newly thrown pieces and collides them to create colourful collages of imperfect beauty such as this Beautiful mess.

Material: thrown stained semi-porcelain with special effects glazes and opal, gold and platinum lustre

Colour: Rainbow

Dimension: H 25 x W 32 cm

Weight: 5.3 Kg

Care: This is a fragile piece to be handled with care. Use a feather duster to remove any dust. Not water tight.

Note: As all pieces are one-offs made by hand, there may be slight differences between the image and the piece you will receive. Due to the nature of the porcelain and the processes used, there may be small imperfections but these are avoided to the best of the artist’s ability.

Made in UK

This is sculpture is a unique creation.

Each piece is made by hand, and with the artist prioritising unpredictability in the process, each one is an exclusive one-off piece

Iara Talledo Violani (b. 1999) specialised in wheel-thrown ceramics during her time on the University of Brighton's BA (Hons) 3D Design and Craft course where she graduated in 2023. Her current work is inspired by the unpredictability of the SESC Pompeia building in São Paulo and the hyperpop music genre.

By using a chaotic and unpredictable approach to ceramics to create something unique, Iara challenges her natural gravitation towards perfection and perfectionism.

After creating individual elements on the potter’s wheel, she rejects the customary gentleness with which people treat soft, newly thrown pieces and collides them to create colourful collages. Alongside special effects glazes which look vastly different before and after firing, this method creates unique clusters of shapes where she cannot predict how the clay will collapse and deform into each other upon contact.

By removing expectation, she has avoided falling into the vicious cycle of seeking perfection – something unattainable – and relaxed into working more intuitively.

This sculpture will be shipped from UK

UK: £25
EU: £35
Global: £45