Mayon Hanania
is a French artist and designer who moved from Paris, France, to San Pedro, California, in 2016. She's a multidisciplinary artist who owns a vegan shoe company she created ten years ago. Mayon is a long-time vegan, and her love for nature has drawn her toward clay and ceramic. She designs vegan shoes to walk on the earth and then uses the "earth" to create beautiful clay objects to accompany us daily.
Mayon creates utilitarian pieces and infuses her memories and vision into them. Each piece is unique; the hand of the artist is always palpable, and her stories unfold on the smooth surface of the clay.
"Fifty Shades of Clay"
is how Mayon named her second show at Polu Gallery. There will be mugs, cups, plates, and tiles, all made on different bodies of clay, displaying countless variations in colors and textures, and that's why she's jokingly or not so jokingly called her show this way.
Mayon's love for the earth reflects in her art. She is not only a clay and ceramic artist but also an owner of a vegan shoe company. She walks upon the ground with her vegan shoe designs and later turns the earth into clay and eventually of kind handmade clay and ceramic pieces for daily usage. She uses multiple mediums inspired by the creativity of nature.