Life is full of events that happen beyond our control, where things don't always go according to plan or succeed on the first attempt. However, every experience, even the negative ones, molds us and becomes an integral part of who we are. It's crucial not to reject or conceal these experiences, but to learn to accept whatever life presents to us. After each failure, we gather ourselves again from broken pieces into a whole personality and continue our journey. This is what defines us. Rather than hide our individuality, we should celebrate it.
These plates were put back together with kintsugi - a Japanese technique for repairing broken objects and adorning them with gold. This practice is rooted in the Wabi-sabi culture, which teaches us to find beauty in imperfection. The process of repairing takes weeks and demands precision, suitable materials and conditions, but above all - patience. The amazing combination of poisonous urushi tree sap, flour, wood, stone and gold dusts breathes life back to broken objects and makes the mended area even stronger than it was before.
What's on your plate?
Faience, angobe, underglaze pencils, glaze, urushi, wheat flour, tonko powder, wood powder, 23kt genuine gold powder. 24,5 D cm each.
2024
These plates were put back together with kintsugi - a Japanese technique for repairing broken objects and adorning them with gold. This practice is rooted in the Wabi-sabi culture, which teaches us to find beauty in imperfection. The process of repairing takes weeks and demands precision, suitable materials and conditions, but above all - patience. The amazing combination of poisonous urushi tree sap, flour, wood, stone and gold dusts breathes life back to broken objects and makes the mended area even stronger than it was before.
What's on your plate?
Faience, angobe, underglaze pencils, glaze, urushi, wheat flour, tonko powder, wood powder, 23kt genuine gold powder. 24,5 D cm each.
2024
"Somewhere I belong"
This project brings together the Khrushchevka — typical Soviet-era apartment block that shaped the landscape of my past — and the Azulejo, the vibrant Portuguese tile that colors my present. It reflects on belonging not as a fixed place, but as a path: an eclectic combination of what once was and what now is. It empowers to embrace your own course, cover it with gold and let it shine.
Tiles were hand painted in Viuva Lamego tile factory during artist residency.
Ceramic tiles, plywood, 44x44x106 cm
2025
This project brings together the Khrushchevka — typical Soviet-era apartment block that shaped the landscape of my past — and the Azulejo, the vibrant Portuguese tile that colors my present. It reflects on belonging not as a fixed place, but as a path: an eclectic combination of what once was and what now is. It empowers to embrace your own course, cover it with gold and let it shine.
Tiles were hand painted in Viuva Lamego tile factory during artist residency.
Ceramic tiles, plywood, 44x44x106 cm
2025
"Tout doit disparaître"
There is only one certainty in life: we are all going to die. While death is usually associated with sadness and remains taboo, an awareness of mortality is essential to life rather than opposed to it. I want to shift the perspective on death through “Tout doit disparaître” - a collection of life-affirming cremation urns that celebrates life. And when I think about celebration, I picture a cake - a universal and genuine way to celebrate literally anything. I believe that death is what makes life so precious. It makes us want to enjoy every moment of it while it lasts and celebrate our journey through the place called life.
Each design is inspired by a quote about life and death (main image from left to right):
All earthenware pieces are hand-built using coil and slab techniques, detailed with piped slip to replicate vintage-style cake decorations, finished with brush-applied glazes/engobe. One urn features a crack repaired with genuine gold using kintsugi technique.
2026
There is only one certainty in life: we are all going to die. While death is usually associated with sadness and remains taboo, an awareness of mortality is essential to life rather than opposed to it. I want to shift the perspective on death through “Tout doit disparaître” - a collection of life-affirming cremation urns that celebrates life. And when I think about celebration, I picture a cake - a universal and genuine way to celebrate literally anything. I believe that death is what makes life so precious. It makes us want to enjoy every moment of it while it lasts and celebrate our journey through the place called life.
Each design is inspired by a quote about life and death (main image from left to right):
- “What happens, happens and then we’re gone” (7 x 25 x 16 cm)
- “So long, and thanks for all the fish” (20 x 35 x 27 cm)
- “La dolce vita” (21 x 24 x 35 cm)
- “It happened once... It happened once, and so it will be forever” (23 x 40 x 31 cm)
- “Remember that you cannot look at the sun or death for very long” (25 x 25 x 26 cm)
- “The sea takes everything, everything goes to the sea. The only thing it doesn't take is love; love never goes away” (25 x 25 x 28 cm)
- “Imperfect but loved” (26 x 26 x 34 cm)
All earthenware pieces are hand-built using coil and slab techniques, detailed with piped slip to replicate vintage-style cake decorations, finished with brush-applied glazes/engobe. One urn features a crack repaired with genuine gold using kintsugi technique.
2026
