Ceramic object, Vase

Decorative vase in white porcelain with turquoise details on the surface, biscuit finish, made using a typical shape of M'I Lumina. Thin and delicate, it has a "tulle" texture inside, as well as a fine and frayed edge. This collector's item was made by hand without a mould, by adding porcelain layer after layer on a balloon, using a brush. The "rough" external finish, along with the turquoise colour, nicely contrasts with the interior. The piece is single-fired in a ceramic kiln at 1260 C° degrees. It is not glazed, therefore, unfit to contain water or other liquids. The height is about 20 cm, the diameters about 20 and 28 cm. L. G. Menegazzi was born in Milan on 16/08/1961 and graduated in Architecture in 1988. Teaching Assistant at the Milan Polytechnic in the early academic years. She opened her architectural firm in 1989, and is still active today. In 2015 she started to use porcelain Paper Clay. She participated in several international ceramics competitions with her artistic paper-clay works. Main Exhibitions: 2021 • Finalist at the XV Biennal de Ceramica Artistica de Aveiro (Portugal) • Finalist at the international competition "Ceramics in love – Three" at Castellamonte (Turin – Italy) 2020 • Finalist at the XXVII international competition "Medi. TERRAneo" Grottaglie, Palazzo Episcopio (Taranto – Italy) • Invited to "Cluster Crafts", collective exhibition in London – 28 Oct. /2 Nov. - On line edition 2019 • Collective exhibition at MUDe. C museum "E' sempre l'ora del tè" (Laveno - Italy) • Finalist at the international XXVI competition "Medi. TERRAneo" Grottaglie, Palazzo Episcopio (Taranto – Italy) • Finalist at the international competition "Ceramics in love – Two" at Castellamonte (Turin – Italy) • Finalist at the competition "Maria Giusy Ricotti memorial" Oristano Ceramic Center, Museo Diocesano Arborense (Oristano, Sardinia) 2018 • Published in the "Access Ceramics" project (Lewis and Clark College - Oregon) • Finalist at the international competition XXV "Terra, identità, luogo, materia" Grottaglie, Antico convento dei Cappuccini (Taranto - Italy) • Finalist at the 11th international competition "Argille Creative" Albissola marina, MUSEO MUDA (Savona – Italy) - Winner of Artbox. talent Halloween art contest 2018 2017 • Collective exhibition "Panoramart " at the Carimate castle (Como) . • First solo exhibition in San Donato Milanese (Milan) at the municipal gallery "Cascina Roma". Images of some of her works have been included in the book Artistic Ceramics - Materials, Techniques, History edited by Edoardo Pilia. Every year she takes part in the Milan Design Week She also took part in Argillà Faenza (Italy) in 2016 and 2018 with “Milano Makers” and the first “Festa della Ceramica di Saronno” (Varese) in 2018. She also teaches Paper-Clay technique in various workshops.