Visit Lars Rank in his Copenhagen workshop for a talk on his approach to ceramics, the ideas behind his designs and how he fires his pieces. “I really like the freedom of working on my own,” he says, “but you also have to make all the decisions yourself, which can be challenging at times." When Lars explains his craft to people, they are always amazed by how long it takes to create a single object, and how many times every piece passes through the ceramicist's hands before being complete.