Claudia started Cera-Mix Studios in 1981 and has been running it (or it has been running her) ever since. Dedicated to the idea of bringing contemporary art into the home and the public environment, Claudia produces dinnerware, platters, tiles, architectural items, public art and sculpture. Her functional work is about pattern and color on strong “carrier” forms. The dinnerware and tile the colors and patterns can be mixed matched or used solo. (Hence the name Cera-Mix). Her dinnerware graces tables nationally and internationally. It has been featured in many magazines, books, and recently a movie (yet untitled Mike Judge film). Her tile can be seen in homes all over the world. It is also installed at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, the Southeast Community Library in Austin, the Seay Building at the University of Texas, Great Hills Baptist Church, St Francis Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles, IBM’s main Austin campus, the McCoy School of Business at Texas State University, the Carver Museum in Austin and Westbank Library in Austin.

Claudia’s sculpture can be placed either indoors or out. The pieces range from full-scale human figures to a recent series of monkeys. (See Sculpture Gallery on the Cera-Mix.com web site.) Each piece takes 2-6 months to complete and is one-of-a-kind.

Artist Statement

About her functional pottery, Claudia says: I love color and pattern. By layering, building color on color, pattern on pattern I like to feel I’m creating a symphony of inter-related imagery. I delight in mixing all the patterns, of setting a table with a plethora of pattern, of making a platter and visually reconciling the disparate elements into one unified vibrant whole. The best of both worlds, my work is both highly functional and visually stimulating.