My work looks into the minute.
I paint by glazing on raw enamel, with the tip of the brush. It is a rare and exacting technique: you work on the enamel before firing, and every touch stays.
I was born in Guardiagrele, in Abruzzo, in 1967, and I grew up in the studio of my father Antonio Vincenzo Iannucci (Ortona 1939–2012), a painter of sacred cycles in the churches of Abruzzo. I worked alongside him until I was twenty-three, then took my own path in ceramics, training under Maestro Luigi Bozzelli (Rapino 1922–2010), who opened this demanding art to me.
Today I work in my studio in Montegranaro, in the Marche, between commissioned pieces, civic plates for towns, and exhibitions.
A plate for your town
I offer town councils a maiolica work dedicated to the identity and heritage of their territory. Each plate comes with a written account of what it depicts: the art becomes an emblem of cultural value for the community.
The travelling exhibition has already reached the Mole Vanvitelliana, Spazio Presente and the Castello Svevo, in Ancona.
Ancona
Hand-painted maiolica
Potenza Picena
Hand-painted maiolica
Porto Sant'Elpidio
Hand-painted maiolica
Porto Recanati
Hand-painted maiolica
Civic plates, a selection
Who received my plates
A plate painted for a town nearly always ends up in someone's hands: a mayor, a guest, a prizewinner.
These are the moments when the work leaves the studio and becomes the way a community says thank you.
2026 · Porto Recanati
Papa Leone XIV
The town of Porto Recanati presents its institutional plate
Un amministratore comunale (da modificare)
The plate held up in the council chamber
Il premiato della serata (da modificare)
An evening event, the screen reading «Euro 2020 Winner»
2024
Il gruppo premiato al carnevale (da modificare)
Carnival prize-giving, Sunday 18 February 2024
Le autorità civili e religiose (da modificare)
An official ceremony, with civil and religious authorities
Un ospite del Comune (da modificare)
Presented to a guest in an official room
Un atleta premiato (da modificare)
Presented to a guest in sports kit
San Martino sulla Marrucina
Il Comune di San Martino sulla Marrucina (da modificare)
Presented at the town of San Martino sulla Marrucina
Due ospiti della cerimonia (da modificare)
Two plates presented at the end of a ceremony
Ancona
Il Consiglio Regionale delle Marche (da modificare)
Presented at the seat of the Marche Regional Assembly, with the Li Matti de Montecò folk group
Ancona
Il Gruppo Folkloristico Li Matti de Montecò (da modificare)
The group photograph in front of the banner, at the Marche Regional Council
Ancona
La presentazione alla stampa (da modificare)
The plate in its case on the conference table, before the presentation
Il premiato sul palco (da modificare)
A prize-giving with the framed plate, on stage
The hand shows up close
The scrollwork running around the rim is painted freehand, with no transfers and no stencils. The stroke changes weight where the brush runs dry, and that change is the signature.
Up close
The scrollwork on the rim is painted freehand. Move the lens along the border: the stroke changes weight where the brush runs dry, and that change cannot be planned.
Move the pointer over the image. On a phone, drag sideways: the lens appears just above your fingertip.
Awards
I have won several prizes, but the ones I hold dear are those I won as a girl in Guardiagrele, in the region I come from.
The studio
The studio is at Via Vittorio Veneto 4, in Montegranaro. Visits are by appointment: write or call, and we will find the right moment.