The studio

Made in London

I make one of a kind vessels, bowls, wall pieces and small decorative furniture from paper clay.

Background

Where it started

I was growing up in the former Yugoslavia during its most turbulent years. We used what we had and wasted nothing. I still work that way: with simple materials, and with very little waste.

The making

Dried by air, not fire

I taught myself. Each piece is shaped by hand, then left to dry in the air over days or weeks. I never fire my work. Ordinary clay stays fragile until it is fired, but paper clay is different. As the ceramicist Graham Hay wrote in The Journal of Australian Ceramics in 2007, “the cellulose fibre in paperclay substantially strengthens the dry paperclay body.” A finished piece is strong and stable on its own, and kept dry indoors, it lasts. Nothing goes in a kiln, so it uses far less energy. As the clay dries, rims turn uneven and the surface stays raw. I leave it that way.

Philosophy

Left as it dries

My work follows wabi-sabi, the Japanese idea that something doesn’t need to be perfect to be beautiful. I don’t straighten a lopsided edge or smooth a rough surface; those marks show it was made by hand. I work in small batches.

Recently

Where the work has been

In October 2026, I exhibited my work at Work of the Hand at Daylesford and donated my Wavy Vase to the fair’s auction in support of The King’s Foundation, where it was sold.