Of Ash and Sight marks a turning point in my creative journey. After months of making nothing, I found myself stuck in a kind of creative paralysis. With everything happening in the world, it was hard to see the worth in creating, and the process felt heavy and discouraging. The first pieces I made in this collection were the colorful ones—bright, playful, and full of life. After living in a landscape of greys, it felt incredibly freeing to explore color again, to create something joyful yet still spiritually functional.
But as much as I loved the vibrancy, there was a pull back toward minimalism. The colors were a way to snap out of the dullness, to wake up my imagination, but the loudness also reminded me of the grounding I needed. Returning to simplicity allowed me to find balance again—between expression and clarity, between joy and stillness. This collection is, in many ways, a reflection of that journey: a dance between color and restraint, between the spark of creativity and the calm of contemplation.
When I created these pieces, I was thinking about resilience. The way clay, like us, must pass through fire to become strong. Each form carries a trace of that process: the scorch, the shimmer, the transformation. Nothing is untouched, and that’s what makes it meaningful.
Together, Of Smoke and Moonlight and Of Ash and Sight explore two sides of transformation. Where one drifts through the soft spaces: the smoke and moonlight of becoming. The other stands firm in the clarity that follows fire. One invites you to wander between worlds; the other invites you to see what endures. Both are offerings for those willing to honor the journey, in all its mystery and truth.