I choose to work with clay because of its malleability and infinite potential for transformation, qualities that allow even the subtlest of my touches to manifest within the work, reflecting my own personality. My artistic practice revolves around a continuous exploration of evolving perspectives, influenced by the physical and internal growth experienced by individuals over time. This evolution profoundly alters the way we remember, think, and perceive our own reality and the world. Consequently, I am intrigued by the depiction of ordinary and familiar aspects of life, seeking to transform their embodiment to challenge perceptions.
I draw inspiration from a quote by the writer Salman Rushdie, who said: "Memory selects, eliminates, alters, exaggerates, minimizes, vilifies, or glorifies specific parts of it, creating its own new reality." I view my work as a tool for visualizing the concept of creating a new reality through a transformed perspective. Memory, a subjective process, entails the encoding, storage, and retrieval of information with altered perspectives—sometimes embellished, sometimes devastating. Time serves as a diffusing agent, blurring objectivity. Marcel Proust eloquently encapsulates this notion: "Remembrance of things past is not necessarily the remembrance of things as they were." My artistic practice seeks to provoke inquiries about perception by transforming the essence of ordinary and familiar aspects of life.