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Maria Root started Primitiva Pottery and Tile as a pottery that offered dinnerware and decorative containers. Whimsy infused her style through the years though function remained essential. Function and whimsy are compatible as evident in the addition of her garden art and artisan tile lines.
The artist has several signatures to her work. The basic forms of her work derive from organic forms with often just less than perfect angles, undulating lip edges, and bulbous bodies. Maria's signature of dimensionality through bas relief carving, embossing, and sculpting, leaves each piece calling to be touched. She layers porcelain on some of her terracotta forms to enhance the depth and vibrancy of colors she can achieve on a terracotta clay body. Lastly, many of the artist's works rest on tripod feet whether they are the carved feet of her dinnerware serving bowls, planter pod feet, 'Gaudi jar feet,' or pillow boxes.
Many of Maria's pieces require a series of steps to complete. For example, a tile may take 12 to 15 steps to complete. Terracotta planters may take a dozen steps, whereas a lidded decorative containers may take 25 steps or more. My garden totems take too many steps to count--but it is the steps that give each creation its uniqueness.
When one of my creations finds a home with you, I hope that you experience the joy and happiness I had making it.

New Work Featured for 2009
Garden Bird Spas
Garden Totems with Pods
Tree Pendants
2009 Show Schedule
April 18 Montlake Garden Show
June 26-July5 Crow Valley Pottery
Garden Art Show
July 24-Aug 2 Crow Valley Pottery
Potter's Festival
August 6 Arboretum Foundation
Art in the Garden
August 15 Bassetti Crooked Arbor
Gardens Garden
Art Show
September 11 City People's Garden
Art Show
October 10 Annual Artisan Tile NW
Tile Festival
November Online Holiday Sale
How to Purchase or Commission Work
I welcome commissions or direct purchase from my studio or work represented on my website. E-mail me at mariaroot@aol.com. Currently, my work is available for viewing or purchase at the following galleries, stores, and showrooms.
Crow Valley Pottery, Eastsound, Washington (360) 376-4260
Bassetti Gardens, Woodinville, Washington (425) 788-6767
Copper Vine, Seattle, Washington (206) 323-0770
Sue Swerdlow Gallery, Kapa'au, Hawaii (808) 889-0002
Roosevelt Art Tile, Seattle, WA (206) 523-3-3032
© 2008 Maria P. P. Root, all rights reserved.
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