Coralla Maiuri

Alice Garbarini Hurley | Your handcrafted line is creating a stir; you unveiled lustrous porcelain and ceramic vases in Paris early this year. Have you always been an artist?

| I lived in the countryside and always fumbled with clay and color and realized early on that art was my way. I painted T-shirts, as many adolescents do. I played as an actress in a movie in Italy, designed clothing in Hong Kong with little success, and eventually dedicated myself to contemporary art – paintings, installations, videos. All along, I designed and produced tables, chairs, lamps, cupboards, ceramics and other objects for everyday