About the work

Art is a world of reincarnation, imperishable and continually renewed. Its primordial nature draws desire into its depths, allowing it to rise again before reaching a final resting point. Art always remains a candidate for restoration and preservation, its distinctive features ready to be revealed whenever they fade or erode.

Inspired by the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, I seek beauty in imperfection and incompleteness. I create uncontrived ceramic objects with simple forms and rustic surfaces, allowing the clay’s irregularities, traces of touch, and fingerprints to become integral parts of each piece.

Wabi-sabi embodies an imperfect beauty, an aesthetic characterized by asymmetry, irregularity, and evidence of the forces of nature and time. It embraces the unconventional, the weathered, and the broken as reminders of the world’s fragility and transience.

Unfinished art has always held a particular fascination. Yet the essence of wabi-sabi extends beyond accepting cracked ceramics or highlighting their fractures with lines of gold. It is an artistic way of reconsidering what beauty and art can be. Nor is it simply a form of minimalism or a restrained depiction of nature. As Cézanne stated, “I have to work constantly, but not in order to achieve finish, which only attracts the attention of imbeciles.”

What I have learned from wabi-sabi is the importance of engaging honestly with life: appreciating the magnificence of imperfection rather than continually trying to correct it. Its principles encourage us to find value in fragments, traces, and ordinary materials, while remaining closely connected to natural resources and processes.

This philosophy emerges from the simplest ideas and the most familiar aspects of everyday life, yet it expresses them with remarkable depth and beauty. Rooted in an attentive relationship with nature, wabi-sabi reflects a way of living that honors change, accepts impermanence, and recognizes beauty in things as they are.