Diana Tato Portfolio

The Tree of Life series is a set of hand-built earthenware candle sticks decorated with painted bugs, vines and fish intermingling with pinched flowers, animal heads and human faces. I paint and attach these to the piece as I reflect on the interconnectedness of all living things and attempt to unriddle the inequality of our social order and anguish over our inescapable destiny.

Red and Turquoise Lidded Box, dark red earthenware, wheel thrown, glazed. 4X3.5" 2025

Brown and Turquoise Mini Jar, dark red earthenware, wheel thrown, glazed. 3X4" 2025

Ojo de Cocodrilo Lidded Box Dark red earthenware, wheel thrown, glazed. 2.5X3" 2025

Lidded Jar Stoneware, hand built, glazed. 7x6" 2023

Circle of Life Stoneware bisque plate, Majolica decoration 2X8" 2025

Bla, Bla, Bla Stoneware, handbuilt, patina. 15x8x7" 2023

Midnight Planter Dark red clay, wheel thrown, glazed. 5x4" 2025

Pink and Gold Vase Red clay, wheel thrown, glazed. 5X4.5" 2025

Covered Urn White stoneware, handbuilt, glazed 8X6" 2023

Tree of Life II Brown clay, wheel thrown and handbuilt, underglaze, oxides, glaze, pearl and gold luster 10x6X3" 2025

Tree of Life with Snake Brown clay, handbuilt, underglaze, glaze, pearl and gold luster 13x7.5X5" 2025

Tree of Life with Eel White earthenware, handbuilt, underglaze, glaze, 12x4X2" 2023

One of the Three Hermanos set of planer mugs Stoneware, handbuilt, oxides, glaze, pearl and gold luster, 5X4X5 2024

Fiber, Drawing and Painting