Sculpture, Tile, Functional in clay, porcelain and mixed media. Siglinda Scarpa 's designs are inspired by her gardens, her animals and memories of her childhood in Italy. The artist explores the sculptural possibilities of fired clay, including the human figure. She experimented with combining other material with clay, like wood, metal, blown glass.

Siglinda makes pieces to hang on the wall or to float magically in the air, suspended on invisible monofilament. Impatient, perhaps, with the indirect process of glazing -- brush on a colorless liquid and wait to see what firing reveals -- she tried painting on her pieces with acrylics.