This is a utilitarian jug made of stoneware on the potter's wheel. It has a circular handle and was glazed with a mixture of
glazes formulated and prepared by María Cecilia Pagliari.
María Cecilia Pagliari was trained at the School of Arts and Crafts of UTU with mentors Mariana Soler and Beatriz Cabezas. Her interest in craftsmanship arose in adolescence. "I did not want to have a regular job, I wanted my life to be entwined with art," says María Cecilia. At 17, she applied to the Mercado de Los Artesanos, an Uruguayan association that brings together local artisans, and was accepted. "In those days I did not work with ceramics, but I made some cloth dolls that were good enough to get me in," she says. María Cecilia discovered ceramics there. "I feel I have total freedom to do whatever I want. Working with clay is like entering a magical world where you can give shape to the ideas you have in your head." She combines her creative production with teaching.
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This is a utilitarian jug made of stoneware on the potter's wheel. It has a circular handle and was glazed with a mixture of
glazes formulated and prepared by María Cecilia Pagliari.
Photo: ©Nicolas Schwarcbonn
This is a plate-like dish with geometric shapes, triangles and rectangles. It is brush enamelled with a mixture of enamels formulated and prepared by María Cecilia Pagliari, in cream and green colours.
Photo: ©Nicolas Schwarcbonn
This vase is made with mixed techniques of construction, from the potter's wheel to hand moulding. It has a spherical body and irregular neck. It is glazed by brush with a mixture of crystalline glazes formulated and prepared by María Cecilia Pagliari.
Photo: ©Nicolas Schwarcbonn
This circular bowl is made from a sphere. Inside it is glazed by brush with a mixture of crystalline glazes formulated and prepared by María Cecilia Pagliari, in cream, green and turquoise colours, with glass in the centre. On the outside it is engobed in terracotta.
Photo: ©Nicolas Schwarcbonn
This vase is made with mixed techniques of construction from the potter's wheel to hand moulding. It has a spherical body and an irregular neck. It is glazed by brush with a mixture of glazes formulated and prepared by María Cecilia Pagliari, in earth colours with blue reflections.