I am fascinated by nature itself in which no absolute beginning and no definitive end exists. A world shaped by an eternal cycle, born from the cores of exploding stars that scatter the building blocks from which all life is formed. The minerals in our bones, the iron that lets our blood flow, the carbon that underlies every organism. A world in which life and death cannot exist without one another.

Every cell in our body carries traces of eruptions that took place billions of years ago. What is destroyed makes space for new life. Even the total destruction of the Earth by humankind would not mark the end of life itself. What decays is absorbed back into the soil. In the darkness of decomposition, the first impulse of new life emerges. Lichens, algae, bacteria and fungi are the pioneers. With little more than carbon, water and sunlight, they reclaim the planet and lay the foundation for all future life on Earth.

With my ceramics and photography, I create an imaginary world in which nature thrives once more within the decaying universe we have left behind. What might life look like when it arises from the remnants of what has been lost?

My self‑made glazes — researched, tested and refined over many years — support me in this ongoing exploration.