10/06/2026
Heavy Metals ceramic espresso cups 🚀
My Heavy Metals series is deeply personal. It draws on childhood memories of summers spent in my father’s hometown, where my uncle’s workshop—aptly named after Hephaestus, the Greek god of fire and metal—left a lasting impression on me. It was a chaotic, overwhelming place, where hammers struck glowing iron and the smell of machine oil hung heavily in the air. I felt both fear and fascination there.
Those sensory impressions—the sound of metal, the texture of rust, the quiet violence of transformation—resurface in Heavy Metals.
By working with clay, I connect the tactile quality of those memories with my artistic practice. The result is a body of work that appears strong and enduring, yet is inherently fragile. In this way, I aim to evoke the tension between the human urge to hold on and the inevitability of change.