Blue Pottery Bowl ‘Blue and White Monarch’ by Fiona Mazza

Blue Pottery Bowl Artist, Fiona Mazza, explores the wonderful world of butterflies through the medium of clay. Resplendent in blue and white, the monarch butterflies represent the magnificence of nature. The use of bolts represents the disturbing impact of man on these wondrous creatures.

A stunning and thought-provoking piece of pottery art. This gorgeous blue pottery bowl will attract many admiring comments and provide a real talking point.

Please note that the image is an example of the ones in this series. Each piece is handbuilt and not to a set pattern of arrangement of the wings, therefore the dimensions would vary slightly from those stated.

N.B. The images shown are an example of the ones in the series. Each piece is handmade and therefore there will be small variations in colour, shape and pattern. Each one is completely unique and signed by the artist.

Blue Pottery Bowl Artist

Fiona Mazza has been a maker of unusual ceramics for 18 years exhibiting in numerous shows around the country. She also runs her studio and workshops in Pateley Bridge and holds a first-class Honors Degree in Visual Arts.

The core of her work is based on nature, in particular, the wonderful world of butterflies. This body of work highlights the struggles of nature and man’s impact upon it. The Monarch butterfly is used in this work to represent nature and the beauty of form and colour. The impact of man is seen in the use of bolts to control and damage. The monarch migrates travelling long distances, clustering together to create awe-inspiring patterns. Man’s use of pesticides on the milkweed which the Monarch feed on is reducing their numbers and is in danger of destroying this wonder of the world.

Fiona has combined the love of nature and the battles it takes to survive, demonstrating strength, versus fragility, through the natural clay state. These pieces inspired by the wonderful world of butterflies are hand-built or slip-cast and hand-carved. Each piece is constructed from separate wings, joining them together in free form. Bisque fired then hand decorated and fired again to 1220 degrees.