A circle with initials m and k - used for a clay seal or makers mark
A montage of glazed and unglazed ceramic leaves and a sprig of native Australian gumnuts.

artworks

Many of my artworks are composed from hundreds of pieces individually crafted by hand with a flow in mind. They are placed together carefully to create an interplay of movement and strength. The background is often glass; itself a fluid over time.These pieces have their own interplay with light and often reflect the viewer looking in, an almost serendipitous and magical development.

Gallery

An artwork of many ceramic pieces evoking splashes of water or leaves arranged in an outward flow from the centre.

Force of Nature

100 x 100 x 16 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, acrylic paint, structural plywood
$2400 Katherine Prize Exhibition 1 Nov - 6 Dec 2024
Godinymayin Yijard Rivers Arts and Culture Centre, Katherine

An artwork by Maria with over one hundred ceramic leaves, swirls, gumnuts and fish (all of different colours) laid in a broad circle over black glass.

Eternity

100 x 100 x 5 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, lustre, acrylic paint, glass
Not for sale Commission accepted for similar work

An artwork comprised of many ceramic leaves, swirls, stylised fish and pebbles on a background of white glass.

swirling

100 x 100 x 5 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, acrylic paint, glass
$2750 Contact Maria to view or purchase

The third panel in a large five-panel ceramic artwork on glass. Ceramic ribbons, leaves and pebbles mimic the flow of water in a monsoon vine forest.

Spring Flow (detail)

5 panels x 80 x 60 x 9 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, acrylic paint, vinyl-backed glass, Perspex
Permanent installation, Territory Wildlife Park, Berry Springs NT

Detail from the artwork 'Community' by Maria Kraatz showing ceramic leaves, stems, flowers, pebbles and seeds on a plywood background.

Community I & II (DETAIL)

Panel I - 118 cm x 33 x 7 cm
Panel II - 107 cm x 25 x 7 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, gold leaf, acrylic paint, plywood
$1100 Contact Maria to view or purchase

Glazed and painted ceramic leaves, ribbons and pebbles on white glass. One panel from the artwork 'Stream'.

Stream (DETAIL)

3 panels x 40 x 40 x 5 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, acrylic paint, glass
SOLD

A three-panel ceramic-on-glass artwork by Maria called 'Beneath your Feet'. Many ribbons, leaves, and pebbles evoke the flow of water rising from beneath the earth.

Beneath Your Feet

3 panels x 60 x 50 x 5 cm
Earthenware paper clay, glaze, lustre, acrylic paint, glass
SOLD

A ceramic artwork called 'Undercurrents' which represents an anemone with many upright fingers of clay with silvery tips.

Undercurrents

38 x 28 x 14 cm
Earthenware clay, acrylic paint
SOLD

A ceramic sculpture by artist Maria with gently curving threads mimicking an underwater coral.

All that remains

38 x 28 x 11 cm
Earthenware clay
NOT FOR SALE

Prices are given where artworks are for sale. 

Please contact Maria for additional postage and handling costs and for information about works in progress.