Extreme close-up of burgundy and olive glaze on a crackled ceramic surface

Discipline 02

Pottery

Each piece begins as a silhouette. Isabella then designs its surface — the palette, the pattern, the brushwork, the glaze — so object and decoration are made for each other.

“Decoration is not something added at the end. It is the reason the object exists.”

01Vessels

Tight crop of a burgundy and olive hand-painted decorative vessel — Burgundy vessel2025

Close crop of olive and burgundy pattern on glazed ceramic — Olive pattern study2025

Terracotta and deep teal patterned vessel against a cream wall — Terracotta & teal vessel2025

Hand-painted decorative ceramic vessels in burgundy and olive glazes — Pair of vessels2024

Macro detail of thick crackled burgundy glaze — Crackle glaze2024

From glaze into grout

A painted mark and a cut tile are the same decision, made in different materials.

Full-width close crop of a hand-set mosaic panel in burgundy, olive, pink and ochre

02Mosaics

Tesserae are cut and set by hand, which is why the surface never sits flat — light moves across it the same way it moves across a glaze.

Close crop of a hand-set mosaic panel in burgundy, olive, pink and ochre — Mosaic panel2025

Extreme close-up of irregular mosaic tiles with visible grout and chipped edges — Tesserae detail2025

Mosaic composition of organic curves in earthy glazed tiles — Curves composition2024

Detail of individual mosaic tesserae in olive, cream and ochre — Olive & ochre detail2024

Close crop of a mosaic surface, pink and teal tiles catching raking light — Pink & teal surface2024

The other material

The same patterns, drawn and painted — see the painting and illustration work.

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