Bella Betiato is a Brazil-born, Los Angeles-based creative director, visual artist, and potter. She is best known as the founder of Monaad, a slow-living mud studio and lifestyle brand specializing in handcrafted ceramic wares. She also guides Studiolo, a digital and living community archive. She created the platform to converse with fellow makers about the unquantifiable aspects of creation, such as instinct, perception, symbolism, and taste. Alongside her physical pottery practice and digital community, she operates an independent brand design studio, Casa Moa, crafting visual storytelling and brand materiality for conscious brands.