Frankie Iadarola is a ceramic artist based in West Philadelphia whose practice bridges function, design, and conceptual inquiry. She creates small-batch, wheel-thrown and slab-built forms that combine colorful glazes, pattern, and texture to transform everyday objects into meaningful touchpoints of daily life. Her recent work explores the intersection of analog and digital processes, investigating how precision and unpredictability, automation and handcraft, coexist in ceramic surface design.

Iadarola earned her B.A. in Comparative American Studies from Oberlin College. Her artistic education has been largely self-driven, developed through craft school workshops and artist residencies she has attended. In addition to maintaining her own pottery business, she works as a studio technician and ceramics instructor, roles that have deepened her technical knowledge and commitment to community-based making. Her work reflects a dedication to craft, experimentation, and the creation of objects that connect with people on both functional and expressive levels.

“My ceramic practice focuses on creating engaging objects for functional, everyday use. I try to create work that connects with people on a personal level, helping them craft singular and expressive spaces of their own.”