Flower Shell Yuhuchun Vase Carrie Cottini works like large-scale murals

works like large-scale murals

the animals are given somewhat distorted

transforming sedentary objects into tiny characters full of personality

it took a few years after earning a degree in Antiquities before she realized it was art all along that had her heart and soul

“They are “anyone” who just exists

Flower Shell Yuhuchun Vase Carrie Cottini works like large-scale muralsStoneware ceramic, underglaze pencil, glaze 5 x 5 x 8 in. 2025 Mao and Chris met while completing their Masters of Fine Arts Degrees at the University of Calgary in 2017. The artists and, now, life partners began collaborating in their home studio in Calgary in 2020, shortly thereafter creating the collaborative studio Mao Projects. Combining different cultural backgrounds, Mao being born and raised in China and Chris having grown up in Victoria BC,