Transforming Italian Tableware into Art and Emotion

Coralla Maiuri is an Italian artist based between Milan and Rome. Her ceramic and porcelain creations—ranging from exuberant vases and jars to refined tableware collections—are entirely handmade and painted, the result of tireless experimentation with glazes, pigments, and firing techniques. Deeply inspired by nature, history, and the layered beauty of Rome, her six porcelain series pay homage to the rooms of the Villa Borghese Gallery, merging Baroque grandeur with an almost celestial modernity. Her works have been exhibited and collected internationally, celebrated for their vibrant, painterly surfaces that seem to capture both the chaos and harmony of the natural world.

Was there a person, journey, or experience that most marked your creative path?

Two worlds left a lasting impression on me. The first was the ancient countryside of Ciociaria, where I lived as a child—wild, archaic, filled with silence and mystery. The second was my encounter with the paintings at the Jeu de Paume Museum in Paris.

Your works now appear on tables across the world—in fine hotels, private collections, and everyday homes. What moves you more: imagining the daily use of your objects, or their status as unique works of art?

What moves me most is emotion itself—when what I create moves me first. Whether it’s a cup used each morning or a vase displayed like a relic, what matters is the pulse of life within it. My pieces are alive only if they carry emotion—mine and, hopefully, that of those who encounter them.