Nature inspires St. Petersburg ceramic artist

St. Petersburg artist Teresa Mandala was named an emerging artist for this year's Florida Craft Art Festival in Downtown St. Pete.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Teresa Mandala is a mixed-media artist who lives and creates in St. Petersburg.

"Currently I work in ceramics. I just love to play with that aspect of 2D and 3D coming together," she said.

Mandala’s work has a strong connection with nature.

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"I love the outdoors. I’m very active. I do a lot of outdoor adventures, which inspires my work," explained Mandala.

Her style has a lot of black with bright colors. There is an immense amount of detail, which often has conceptual meaning behind it.

"A lot of times I put patterns in the work that represents lineage or ancestors," shared Mandala.

To check out more of her work, click here.