GALLERY

My work grows out of the meeting between landscapes. I shape vessels with sand from the golden deserts of the United Arab Emirates and from Fanø, a small windswept island on the Danish west coast. Two places, worlds apart, yet both carried into form through clay.

I am drawn to raw, dramatic structures — surfaces that capture the strength and intensity of the material itself. Working with oxides, clays, and natural substances, I allow the sands, grains, and minerals to remain present, unrefined, and full of energy.

Every vessel becomes a fragment of geography, a dialogue between sea and desert — an echo of nature's own force, translated into ceramic form.

Bookshelf with books and decorative objects in a dimly lit room
Ceramic cup on a textured surface with a blurred background

Desert Vessels

My work grows out of the meeting between landscapes. I shape vessels with sand from the golden deserts of the United Arab Emirates and from Fanø, a small windswept island on the Danish west coast. Two places, worlds apart, yet both carried into form through clay.

I am drawn to raw, dramatic structures — surfaces that capture the strength and intensity of the material itself. Working with oxides, clays, and natural substances, I allow the sands, grains, and minerals to remain present, unrefined, and full of energy.

Every vessel becomes a fragment of geography, a dialogue between sea and desert — an echo of nature’s own force, translated into ceramic form.

THE OYSTER

Wall-mounted sculpture in black and wild clay from Fanø. This work emerges from a dialogue between two landscapes – the raw Wadden Sea of Fanø and the golden deserts of Dubai. Places where clay and sand, sea and light, form the foundation of life and material.

Inspired by the symbolic role of the oyster in both cultures – as bearer of pearls, a refuge for the precious, and a witness to the slow passage of time – the piece takes the form of a monumental, minimalist interpretation of this natural structure.

Black stoneware is combined with klæg, a wild clay harvested directly from the Wadden Sea floor. During firing, the white glaze receded, leaving the surface with soft, warm nuances that evoke traces of water, salt, and time.

The Oyster is a poetic convergence of the Nordic and the Arab – a quiet echo of two shores sharing a singular spirit. Its forms and textures invite contemplation, embodying serenity, strength, and transformation – a silent testament to the harmonious, slow dialogue between nature and humanity.

LOCAL WILD CLAY

Moon Jar — The Silence of Wild Clay

The clay for this moon jar was gathered on Fanø — a piece of the Wadden Sea itself. When I hold it in my hands, I can almost sense the tides that shaped it, the quiet rhythm of the seabed, and the salt carried by the wind.

I wanted to preserve that raw energy. So I built the form slowly, letting the material decide its own balance. While the surface was still damp, I brushed it with a porcelain slip I had made — a fine white skin resting over the coarse, dark body beneath. It’s a meeting between two worlds: the fragile and the grounded, the luminous and the deep.

What I love about this piece is its calm insistence — the way it stands, almost silent, yet so present. There’s something honest in its simplicity, something constant and enduring.

It reminds me that beauty often lives in the quiet things — in the materials, in the rhythm of hands shaping clay, and in the stories that the earth whispers back.

SEASHELL

Wall-mounted sculpture in wild and black clay with sand from Dubai

This wall-mounted mussel takes the form of a blue mussel with roots, conceived as a living, organic entity. The piece is crafted from wild clay and black stoneware, infused with sand from the deserts of Dubai, giving the surface a rustic and tactile quality.

Rich in texture and detail, every nuance evokes the rhythm of nature. The minimalist yet raw expression emphasizes the mussel’s vibrant energy, as if it continues to grow and breathe upon the wall. A work where the raw and simple converge with the dynamic and organic.