Rina Menardi

Since 1980, Rina Menardi has been developing her research in the field of ceramics, personalizing work techniques, exploring color schemes, and striving for neatness of shape. Through this work, she has been creating her first collection of living accessories, all hand-made stoneware pieces, always characterized by simple lines, inspired by nature, removed from the style of so many mass-produced items, and never limited to a single purpose, believing, as she does, that an object should not impose itself, but rather suggest visual and tactile sensations able to evoke our deepest emotions. Rina molds the clay without ever feeling like a tout-court ceramist. She chooses baked clay because she senses in this material the possibility to express herself through gaining possession of some of nature’s secrets, understanding her laws, and respecting her rules and limitations.