Circular motion · studio, 2025
Sometimes it feels as if everything important in my work — and in my life — returns to a single form: the circle. The circle is movement. An inexhaustible flow. A form with neither beginning nor end, with a center, complete in itself. In that perfect repetition and quiet stability, I find space for freedom: freedom of thought, freedom of movement, freedom of expression, and the freedom to shape different forms.
I love circular motion. It is both physical and mental — it allows me to explore without limits, to return and to depart, to connect things that might seem opposite at first glance. In clay — this living, responsive material — the circle becomes a space where body and spirit, motion and stillness meet.
The sphere, the circle, the curve — these forms have always drawn me in. There is something primal and calming about them, yet also powerful. Like a planet, a drop of water, a seed. Everything that grows, expands, or evolves begins from a circular shape. And everything that returns to itself, returns in a circle.
From this comes my deep fascination with lace — a motif that, with its interconnected and often circular structure, speaks of human relationships, of the invisible threads that connect us. Lace is a traditional, almost archetypal element that carries stories of heritage, feminine strength, community, and time. In its fine threads are woven past, present, and future — just like within the circle.
Interconnected threads · lace as an archetype of connection
When I imprint lace patterns into ceramic, I am capturing a moment — trying to hold it in a form that is permanent, yet open. Clay becomes a vessel of memory. And it constantly brings me back to a quiet question: how much of our tradition supports us, and how much of it shapes us without us realizing? How freely do we choose the kind of life we truly want to live, and how often do we follow inherited patterns without question?
In my work, the circle and lace create a visual dialogue about freedom and belonging, about time that cannot be grasped, yet can be felt. And that freedom of movement — in thought, in form, in emotion — is what guides and inspires me.
