• Mercedes creates functional forms from Sardinian clay
• Her pieces feature sgraffito-etched patterns inspired by nature
• She prepares her custom engobes for each individual piece

Mercedes Enne creates delicate and intricately sgraffito-decorated ceramic pieces inspired by the geometric patterns of nature. After training in architecture, jewellery making and graphic design, she discovered ceramics through evening classes. Her studio, Memaceramicart, was founded in Olbia in 2018. Mercedes favours slab construction in her vases, jars and plates. Her process begins with rolling clay into flat sheets before cutting and assembling them into a final form. At the leather-hard stage, she brushes on self-mixed engobes. “I calibrate the density and colour batch by batch before lifting the coloured layer away to expose the clay beneath,” she says. Through the practice of sgraffito, Mercedes applies grids, lines and modular signs to decorate her pieces, which are influenced by the coastal scenery and nature of Sardinia. She trained with Anna Rossi, Giovanni Cimatti, Daniela Levera and Marta Pachon Rodriguez to develop her techniques, and has taught in her workshop since 2022.