Interview

• What sparks your imagination?

  Since childhood, I have been charmed by the beautiful Estonian summer: gardens full of flowers, the fields and tiny insects. But I'm also inspired by the different natural light throughout the year, opposites, relationships and the beauty of non-perfection.

• What do you seek in your work?

  Life's emptiness and deficit inspires me. I try to restore balance within myself through creating collections that have a deeper meaning and can communicate the journey to attaining balance. One of my exhibitions, Light, was about the spark of light that gives a direction to life.

• What techniques do you use?

  I use slip carving or sgraffito technique where I colour the surface and then carve out the image. I'm quite old-fashioned and like to use the coil construction technique, one of the oldest techniques in pottery, that existed far before the wheel was invented.

• What makes you tick in your profession?

  I love to work in my atelier, it feels like being in a meditative state, when I work in my own space and time. The need to work with my hands and the moment when I open the kiln and all the pieces come out intact and the glaze is just right makes me so happy.