Thoughts

Contrast and Contradiction

Ceramics is full of contrasts: it is soft when you work with it and hardens when you fire it. It’s easy to impress but difficult to finish. Unique design is made with it, but also piles and piles of bricks.... read more

Makers Guild/Guilt

Sometimes I struggle with a sense of guilt. The urge for making, for the physical flow while creating in clay, is unstoppable. It's a feeling I can't live without, which I don't want to miss...    read more

Pedestal

The role of a plinth, for me, is crucial in the presentation of a piece of work. In ceramics it is perhaps even more important as in other art directions. ... read more

Fail

When I make things I try to create an image. Sometimes that process is well-considered: I make a design, plan it, find a technique and work out the idea. On the other hand .... read more