Cortona, TUSCANY

The Art Of Creating Atmosphere

Tamara Godivier, French-Chilean, and Marcus J. Cotterell, Australian-Italian, both grew up immersed in multicultural environments, learning early on that objects carry meaning. Creativity has always been the language through which they express themselves. With their diverse backgrounds and a shared sensitivity to form, atmosphere, and storytelling, TA•MA became a natural extension of who they are. Their collections are not just products, they are expressions made tangible, objects that anchor. Through them, they translate their influences, memories, references, and vision of beauty.

Having lived in cities such as Paris and Rome, leaving urban life for the Tuscan countryside marked a turning point. Slowing down, building a family, and living closer to nature brought them closer to rhythm, to the land, and to ancestral craftsmanship.
Surrounded by centuries of artisanal knowledge and cultural depth, they felt drawn toward the authenticity of handmade objects, materials shaped slowly and intentionally by human hands.

Ceramics became the starting point of TA•MA through Tamara’s personal practice. Her passion for working with clay, and her ability to shape it on the wheel, naturally led in that direction. Not yet having a studio of her own also pushed her to develop this path through collaboration and production with local artisans.

While ceramics is its foundation, the project is conceived as a broader universe, open to other objects, materials, and forms of expression.

TA•MA was born from this meeting point: their artistic heritage and their chosen way of life, their multicultural roots and the land they now call home, their creativity and their family life.

It is both a creative project and a life choice, a reflection of who they are and how they choose to live.