Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel.
Photo: Filippo Pincolini
Lola Montes Schnabel Finds Beauty in Artichokes for Her Enchanting Ceramics
The artist, whose pieces are on view at Milan’s Nilufar Gallery, is exploring the medium following years dedicated to painting and filmmaking
“Clay is the most primal form of making art,” reflects Lola Montes Schnabel, who is exploring the medium following years dedicated to painting and filmmaking. After learning traditional techniques from master craftsmen in Sicily, the artist found inspiration for her bewitching candleholders in an unlikely source: artichokes. “The vegetable reflects a dichotomy, since it is made of a sweet core but with a sharp outer shield,” she explains. “It narrates an ambivalent love theme.” That beautiful contradiction comes to life at Milan’s Nilufar Gallery, which regularly showcases her works at its booths on the design-fair circuit, most recently at Nomad St. Moritz and FOG Design + Art 2023.
See her work below.
Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel. Photo: Filippo Pincolini
Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel. Photo: Filippo Pincolini
Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel. Photo: Nilufar Gallery
Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel. Photo: Nilufar Gallery
Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel. Photo: Filippo Pincolini
Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel. Photo: Nilufar Gallery
A version of this article first appeared in print in our 2023 Spring Issue under the headline “From the Heart.” Subscribe to the magazine.
Cover: Ceramic candleholders by Lola Montes Schnabel.
Photo: Filippo Pincolini
