Antonella Cimatti was born in Faenza, and studied ceramics under Carlo Zauli at the Istituto d’Arte (State School of Ceramics) where she has been teaching Design since 1979. She has won many international awards including the Silver Prize at the 2007 Korea International Biennale, and is a member of World Crafts Council Europe. She makes delicate lacy forms with porcelain paper clay. She will be demonstrating the preparation of her paper clay and the creation of shapes, through slip casting and trailing the porcelain paper clay on refractory support.
