White Ocean Breath Sculpture

My work is about finding the balance between my imagination and the natural properties of clay. I try to display the natural properties of the materials I work with and at the same time celebrate modern aesthetically beautiful shapes and textures. In my work, I try to avoid controlling or forcing the material. Like Jean Arp in his organic abstractions, I want my art to look natural, inspired by nature and created by it. Without copying what is already present around us, I work in a natural style and manner where I allow art to be born, rather than “make” it. I observe how the materials change in my hands, how they dry, how they transform in the fire. In my opinion, such works possess the power and energy of their own. I never make sketches. Having just an idea, a concept, as a starting point, I begin my work on an art piece, finding new solutions and shapes. The details come to me in the process. By letting go of all control, I follow my intuition and the clay. I explore many techniques and materials trying to invent something new and beautiful. I like observing different states that clay takes when paired up with other materials, such as beads, threads, foam-rubber, sponges and so on. I want to introduce something new and unexpected to the traditional style of ceramics. My perception of myself is not one of an artist, rather I feel like I am simply helping pieces to be born. I don’t want my art to look like it was made in a studio. I want people to feel like it grew somewhere in the forest, in a natural environment or on another planet, perhaps.