From Darkness, Create.
Artistic ceramics, painting and sculpture
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Concept
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The name Nivura d'Arte has Sicilian roots: in dialect it means black, but also excess, that which is intense and difficult to contain. It evokes the force of nature, from which art is born and transforms.
Symbol is a fundamental presence: every form points to something beyond itself, and the art it creates feeds on this symbolic dimension, transforming it into expressive power.
In the creative process, darkness becomes essential to seek the light, and it is precisely in this dialogue that art finds its expression.
In the studio you will find ceramics and artworks of various kinds, the result of ongoing experimentation. The project is open to different arts and materials, constantly evolving.
The project is rooted in a personal experience and a mixed identity, where the search for freedom and expression gives life to an authentic brand. Nivura d'arte creates unique, truly handcrafted objects that tell stories through matter.
The Creations
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The production explores the body, particularly the female body, as a symbolic and poetic form. Ceramics become a medium to investigate identity, fertility, sacredness and transformation, through objects that oscillate between art and function.
Collection
Flowering Breasts
Ceramic planters in the shape of a breast, conceived as containers of life and symbols of nourishment and growth.
Sizes S/M/L
S (25x8x8cm approx.)
M (26x10x10cm approx.)
L (36x17x10cm approx.)
Flowering Womb
A decorative object and flower holder that recalls the uterine form as a generative space. A union between intimacy and nature.
Sizes M/L
M (27x18cm approx.)
L (44x58cm approx.)
Collection
Warrior vases
Anthropomorphic vases
Sewn vases
Forms inspired by parts of the human body, in dialogue with floral minds and gender identity.
Collection
Womb
Caper flower
Constellations
Perforated ceramic slabs for sewing and textile composition interventions
Sizes S/M
S (15x10cm)
M (18.5x24cm)
Collection
Minne di Sant'Agata
A contemporary reworking of traditional iconography. Lucky charms inspired by the pumino and the pine cone, between the sacred and the popular.
Sacred Hearts
A contemporary interpretation of a symbol of devotion.
Moor's Head (male)
A reinterpretation of the ceramic tradition.
Medium/large sizes
(43x33cm approx.)
Collection
Ceramic tableware set
Ceramic tableware decorated with petals and vaginal forms. An ironic and provocative reflection on food, desire and the body.
(each piece is to be considered an art object, not for food use)
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4-plate tableware set
Womb jars
Bowl and jar with pomegranate
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Knife Woman
The extension of her body is a blade.
This creation explores the female body through ceramics, transforming matter and symbols into a wearable and sculptural object. Hand-modelled and hand-painted ceramic corset. Through its decoration it brings us back to the tradition of Sicilian majolica, while engaging with a new contemporary vision of wearable ceramics.
Permanent installation titled 'On the Women's Side'
Donation to the municipality of Vinci, in Piazza della Pace Sovigliana.
100 faces painted on ceramic tiles.
Participation in artistic festivals and fairs
Ceramics and contemporary modelling workshops
Artistic performance and body painting
Cultural projects dedicated to the feminine
About me
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Behind the project
Nataly collaborates with artists, professionals, associations and cultural organisations to develop artistic projects dedicated to the feminine.
Nataly Arancio was born in Agrigento on 25 April 1992 and lives in Tuscany. After studying at an art high school, she obtained a master's degree in Visual Arts and New Expressive Languages at the Academy of Fine Arts.
Always drawn to painting, modelling and sculpture, she gained experience in the ceramics sector as a decorator and modeller. In 2025 she founded Nivura d'Arte, a studio dedicated to artistic research and the production of ceramics and painted objects, collaborating with artistic and craft realities in the area.
In the course of her research she has participated in solo and group exhibitions, also experimenting with the language of performance and the use of the body as an expressive medium. Her poetics focus on the feminine world and gender themes, experienced as tools of reflection, identity and contemporary expression.
