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Material Explorations

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2022 - Present

Working with clay has informed my material-oriented approach to design.


I have long been inspired by the idea of using clay as a building material. Recently, I’ve been getting to know it at a smaller scale: within a ceramics studio. In this practice, material properties inform the design rather than vice versa.

Working with clay has been deeply grounding and also challenging. I often have specific ideas for what I want to make, only to find that the clay is not responding as I would like, or that the glaze finish looks funny. Yet, this is a practice in patience and open-mindedness, a long process of becoming familiar with clay’s quirks and qualities.


Giuliana Vaccarino Gearty

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Giuliana is an architect and researcher of cultural landscapes. Her projects span across eras and oceans, from cooperative housing in Sweden to the reuse of tuna fisheries in Sicily. Giuliana’s research has received multiple awards, including the Robert A. M. Stern Travel Fellowship and the University of Chicago Feitler Prize. Her work has been published in the edited volume Tradition and Invention, Dezeen, and PLATFORM. She lives and works in New Orleans.