Maier, Viviana

Argentinian-born ceramicist Viviana Maier, has been working with different techniques learnt from her teachers in Argentina, United States and Australia to create her art.

When she moved to Australia in 2007, with a keen interest in porcelain, she embarked on a remarkable journey, experimenting and pushing the boundaries of this delicate medium.

This work is an exploration of fragility and movement composed of handmade porcelain blue petals that dance in harmonious serenity. Every petal is a self-portrait that I create from raw porcelain and the firing process adds gentle shifts to produce their final shapes and colours. Placing the petals in position requires meticulous craftmanship and dedication, like solving a jigsaw puzzle until the piece is complete.