Porcelain dishes, figurines, vases. Ceramics have always fascinated me since  my childhood. I wanted to touch them, look at them, hear the clinking of them against each other, see the transparency, feel the smoothness of the surface.

I came to ceramics after a long artistic self-discovery. The inspiration and the desire to try came during the ceramic biennale in Carouge (Switzerland) in 2017. Then I was struck by the diversity and unconventionality of ceramics as art. Once I tried to work with clay, I could never stop.

With that the most favorite means of self-expression is the hand building. This technique is interesting to me because of its variety, the maximum control over the created form.

Before I start a project, I spend a long time “nurturing” the idea, studying the subject in detail, doing a lot of sketches and models.

Every object I create is found in life. It is a lived emotion, materialized in the clay. And my main goal as an artist is to make the viewer stop, think, try it on, agree or argue.

The main task is to create such a work, where in form, color, plot and even shadow you can find your personal lived moments, perhaps, to relive them again.

I cannot imagine my life without ceramics. It gives me endless opportunities to constantly acquire new knowledge and skills, self-improvement. Every day is filled with creative search and experiments. Anything, shape, shadow, music can be an inspiration for new projects.

Ceramics for me is a cosmos of possibilities of artistic expression. It is an endless experiment and each time with an unpredictable result.

On the one hand I am attracted by the diversity of techniques, on the other – by the unpredictability of the result.

You cannot be the only author to the end. There is no dictatorship of the artist. You always have a co-author.