Crafts CouncilDirectoryiara talledo violaniceramicistLondon, EnglandCeramicsCraft educatorWebsiteE-mailInstagramAboutInfoNewsVideosMy name is pronounced 'yara' and I discovered the magic of working with clay when I joined the University of Brighton’s 3D Design and Craft course in 2021 and specialised in throwing in my final year. My work collides soft, newly thrown pieces to create colourful collages. This process creates unique piles of shapes where I cannot predict how the clay will collapse and deform into each other upon contact. Alongside special effects glazes, I aim to make my work as visually chaotic as possible.Focus:wheel-thrown sculptural worksCommissions:Available for commissionsMeet the young designers making homeware for the futureFriday July 14 2023If they had a motto at New Designers 2023, it would probably be, “Be kind to yourself”. Even traditionally decorative products had a wellbeing theme. The imperfect, collapsed shapes of the porcelain vessels by Iara Talledo Violani, a graduate of University of Brighton’s 3D design and craft course, are inspired by a modernist building in Sao Paulo. “On one of my visits to the city with my Brazilian family, I heard that the irregular shapes of the windows had been randomly smashed out with a sledgehammer,” she says. “I made [my porcelain] unpredictable so I couldn’t obsess over it . . . I was being less of a perfectionist about my pieces. It’s been a healing process, not just for my creative/academic work but in my personal life too.”EMERGING CREATIVE: IARA DJANIRA7 December 2023About my ceramic journey, interests and inspirations!Why I Chose 3D Design and Craft: Finding a Passion for Clay at University of BrightonAboutMy name is pronounced 'yara' and I discovered the magic of working with clay when I joined the University of Brighton’s 3D Design and Craft course in 2021 and specialised in throwing in my final year. My work collides soft, newly thrown pieces to create colourful collages. This process creates unique piles of shapes where I cannot predict how the clay will collapse and deform into each other upon contact. Alongside special effects glazes, I aim to make my work as visually chaotic as possible.InfoFocus:wheel-thrown sculptural worksCommissions:Available for commissionsNewsMeet the young designers making homeware for the futureFriday July 14 2023If they had a motto at New Designers 2023, it would probably be, “Be kind to yourself”. Even traditionally decorative products had a wellbeing theme. The imperfect, collapsed shapes of the porcelain vessels by Iara Talledo Violani, a graduate of University of Brighton’s 3D design and craft course, are inspired by a modernist building in Sao Paulo. “On one of my visits to the city with my Brazilian family, I heard that the irregular shapes of the windows had been randomly smashed out with a sledgehammer,” she says. “I made [my porcelain] unpredictable so I couldn’t obsess over it . . . I was being less of a perfectionist about my pieces. It’s been a healing process, not just for my creative/academic work but in my personal life too.”EMERGING CREATIVE: IARA DJANIRA7 December 2023About my ceramic journey, interests and inspirations!VideosWhy I Chose 3D Design and Craft: Finding a Passion for Clay at University of BrightonWebsiteE-mailInstagramProjectThe Fixed & The Mutable
Meet the young designers making homeware for the futureFriday July 14 2023If they had a motto at New Designers 2023, it would probably be, “Be kind to yourself”. Even traditionally decorative products had a wellbeing theme. The imperfect, collapsed shapes of the porcelain vessels by Iara Talledo Violani, a graduate of University of Brighton’s 3D design and craft course, are inspired by a modernist building in Sao Paulo. “On one of my visits to the city with my Brazilian family, I heard that the irregular shapes of the windows had been randomly smashed out with a sledgehammer,” she says. “I made [my porcelain] unpredictable so I couldn’t obsess over it . . . I was being less of a perfectionist about my pieces. It’s been a healing process, not just for my creative/academic work but in my personal life too.”
Meet the young designers making homeware for the futureFriday July 14 2023If they had a motto at New Designers 2023, it would probably be, “Be kind to yourself”. Even traditionally decorative products had a wellbeing theme. The imperfect, collapsed shapes of the porcelain vessels by Iara Talledo Violani, a graduate of University of Brighton’s 3D design and craft course, are inspired by a modernist building in Sao Paulo. “On one of my visits to the city with my Brazilian family, I heard that the irregular shapes of the windows had been randomly smashed out with a sledgehammer,” she says. “I made [my porcelain] unpredictable so I couldn’t obsess over it . . . I was being less of a perfectionist about my pieces. It’s been a healing process, not just for my creative/academic work but in my personal life too.”