A woman is working on a pottery wheel shaping clay into a vessel in a workshop. She is wearing a navy apron and black shoes, and is focused on her craft. The workshop has various tools, containers, and supplies around her.

About

Born 2000. Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Bella is a Waiheke Island-based artist with a deep interest in the earthly and the esoteric. Since receiving her BFA from Elam School of Fine Arts in 2022, she has continued her studies in Ceramics through Otago Polytechnic, driven by the textures of New Zealand’s rugged coastlines.

Bella’s work celebrates the ephemeral and imperfect cycles of nature. Working primarily in clay and glass, she finds a profound connection to the land through the act of making by hand. By embracing fingerprints and raw textures, her pieces become a tactile dialogue between the artist and the "earth body material".

You can find her work at Lume Gallery and Waiheke Art Gallery.

A workspace with a silver decorative vase, a pink candle, a pink cup, a plastic bag, a purple bucket with water, a remote control, and a small power drill, with spilled water on the wooden table.
Art gallery with artworks on white walls and glass display tables with jewelry and candles. A window lets in natural light, and there are paintings on the wall.
Poster for an art exhibition featuring a surreal painting with two swan-like creatures with human eyes, and a tall horn-shaped sculpture in front of the painting.
Two women demonstrating pottery to a group of women seated at a table in a well-lit room.
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