Artwork

Nadia creates her exquisite miniature works from her inner-city Melbourne home studio; a space that Nadia describes as ‘small and intimate’.  She works with white Raku clay which, when worked with a sponge or tool, creates a wonderful textured appearance. She hand builds, paints and uses sgraffito technique to create miniature eyes, hands, ears and faces that acknowledge some of her favourite artists: Picasso, Dali and Frida. Her works are kept simple, using a monochromatic palette of black, grey, and white underglazes.

A qualified Early Childhood Educator, Nadia became more interested in art when studying at Melbourne University as a mature age student. ‘Architecture, colour, sounds and smells could not be dulled or avoided in the city. Eventually, this woke my senses to the many galleries in the area. From time to time, I would visit the galleries during long lecture breaks.’

Nadia is now a practising artist, along with her work as a specialist clay teacher in kindergarten and primary school settings. She is currently collaborating at Ruyton Early Learning Centre as an Artist in Residence.

Nadia creates her exquisite miniature works from her inner-city Melbourne home studio; a space that Nadia describes as ‘small and intimate’.  She works with white Raku clay which, when worked with a sponge or tool, creates a wonderful textured appearance. She hand builds, paints and uses sgraffito technique to create miniature eyes, hands, ears and faces that acknowledge some of her favourite artists: Picasso, Dali and Frida. Her works are kept simple, using a monochromatic palette of black, grey, and white underglazes.

A qualified Early Childhood Educator, Nadia became more interested in art when studying at Melbourne University as a mature age student. ‘Architecture, colour, sounds and smells could not be dulled or avoided in the city. Eventually, this woke my senses to the many galleries in the area. From time to time, I would visit the galleries during long lecture breaks.’

Nadia is now a practising artist, along with her work as a specialist clay teacher in kindergarten and primary school settings. She is currently collaborating at Ruyton Early Learning Centre as an Artist in Residence.

Nadia’s exploration of clay began at a very young age. Her father Giuseppe is an earthmover - still jumping on an excavator at 73! When he would return home with his truck, a young Nadia would remove the clumps of orange clay from the mud flaps. ‘I just loved working it through my hands. I would smell it, squish it, and try to understand the integrity and language of this material without having to create anything with it.

There are various works made by Nadia in the apartment