My works are 100 percent handmade. I create them on a potter’s wheel, which has become a forgotten skill. I fire the pottery following traditional methods of reduction fired ceramics, which gives the clay works a black hue. I still use a wood-fired kiln, which is the most ancient technique.

I would describe myself as a person who lives in rural conditions, practises an old craft, and cultivates and maintains traditions of the craft. Often the pottery I make speaks for itself. I have not travelled the whole world, but my works have certainly gone all over the world, to every continent.

One of the essential indicators of good quality is sound. Fired pottery sounds very clear; when you tap on it with an object, it sounds like a bell. If a dish has a hollow, unclear sound, it must have a defect. Likewise, a well made dish must not have cracks.

As long as people have existed, they have made dishes out of clay. Clay is a natural material and it has always interested people everywhere. In the future, people will continue working with clay, probably with even more different methods and technologies, but they will certainly keep working.