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BENEDETTA DE PIETRO

clay & soul

Amo le curve sinuose e le pieghe inaspettate, cerco la stabilità ma mi diverto con i giochi di equilibrio.

Nella vita e con la ceramica.

I love both sinuous curves and unexpected folds. I seek stability but have fun with balance games.

In life and with clay.

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About

Center, balance, and symmetry: that's the lesson I've learned from the potter's wheel. Every movement carefully planned like in a ritual.

 

Later I've embraced the need to overcome the human tendency to conceive mainly geometrical forms and utilitarian objects. My designs usually start from some small – often minuscule – detail that caught my eye and further develop with no attempt to depict genuine natural elements. In my works every element is independent but still growing with the others, feeding, and completing the others, sometimes in rhythmic repetition. They erupt from the surface to propose new silhouettes and are rearranged over and over to explore multiple compositional possibilities.

All the glazes I use on my works are made by POTS Rome - Bottega e Scuola di Ceramica. Often times I like to let clay speak for itself, leaving my pieces unglazed.

Portfolio

Forme pulite si alternano a superfici grezze e aspre, per esprimere attraverso l'argilla questa dualità dell'esistenza.

 

Il mio approccio è intuitivo e diretto: ogni pezzo è modellato sul tornio senza ulteriori passaggi di ritornitura per preservarne l'autenticità.  Conservo e valorizzo i frammenti di lavorazione, trasformandoli in elementi decorativi, metafora delle esperienze e delle cicatrici che rendono ognuno di noi ciò che è.

Ogni creazione racconta una storia di bellezza e trasformazione

Each of my pieces tells a story of beauty and transformation

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Projects

2024

Selected for the Art Biennale Chianciano (Italy)

with the sculpture “All’ombra di un abbraccio siamo rinati”

Summer school in Jingdezhen (China) at MenLo Studio

2023

Workshop with Juz KitsonOutside the Boundaries

at Gaya Ceramics Arts Center, Bali

2020 - 2023

Wheel throwing and hand building classes at POTS Rome

Stay in touch

for bespoke pieces & collaboration

 

benedetta.depietro@gmail.com

+39 3284005653

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© 2025 by Benedetta De Pietro

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