Mia Kunyo ( . )

I view my work as a library of the human experience — objects as a visual, metamorphic process. A crustaceous layering of beauty that can never truly decay, much like clay itself: nonrenewable once fired. What we don’t leave behind physically, we transfer into the nontransferable — our experience. Pulled from the rubble and repurposed like an old soul in a 4x4-inch historical time warp: a cup, a memory, a vision of what was. My inspiration and motivation are rooted in beautiful decay — historical fragments burnished into new forms, drawn from the rubbish to shine again and again. Each piece tells a story of a life lived fully — a story still unfolding. My inspiration and motivation are rooted in beautiful decay — historical fragments burnished into new forms, drawn from the rubbish to shine again and again. Each piece tells a story of a life lived fully — a story still unfolding.

I have been creating ceramic art for over fifteen years, working from my studio nestled in the woodlands of northern Indiana. In recent years, I have focused on developing my own glazes and exploring the tactile language of surface texture. In both my studio practice and my life, I embrace error and flaw as a form of practice — to live without an eraser. Life resists control, and perfection is never the goal. My work draws inspiration from the quiet landscapes of memory: those “backdrop moments” textured with cookie crumbs, pocket lint, char, corrosion, mustard, oil stains, and blue skies.