My first go at ceramics was as a little girl, taking classes during the summer holidays. Years later, a friend wanted someone to go along with, so I joined them. That’s when it really clicked and I’ve been getting my hands covered in clay ever since.
These days I make my ceramics in London. I love how much you can do with clay, from shape and colour to texture, with nature often giving me a starting point. I build each piece by hand, using flat sheets of clay that I roll out or coils that I shape and join together. I like leaving little traces of the making, so you can see where my hands have been. Nothing too perfect and never quite the same twice.
Making something lovely to look at is part of it, but knowing it’s being used and enjoyed in someone’s everyday life is the best bit.
Love, Maria