About the Work
Partly architectural and partly sculptural, these ceramic design objects foster a dialogue between form and surface, challenging and expanding perceptual assumptions when experiencing a minimalist yet complex design.
Inspired by the Gestalt Theory of Visual Perception – which suggests the mind seeks order and logic in what the eyes see – these ceramic design objects are one-of-a-kind and feature bold, stylized, and originally designed surface patterns.
I choose to work with sculptural ceramic vessels because they carry powerful symbolic weight. Like emotions, a vessel can both contain and release—it holds space for memory and history, while also allowing for expression, transformation, and healing. By using this form, I engage with the dual function of containment and communication.
Inspired by my family’s history as refugees—from North Africa to Italy—I explore shifting terrains where meaning is reconstructed across time and place.
I experiment with both material and form by using only hand-foraged clays in place of industrial clays, pigments and glazes, grounding the work on soils gathered across continents I have migrated through.
Material becomes both medium and meaning, the signifier and signified, linking soil to memory, displacement, and identity.
