Working as a consultant in her studio in Malmö all day long. "Soon I felt a growing skepticism towards the whole industry. I was tired of contributing to an environmentally unsustainable business, and especially how large companies based their entire business plans on exploiting the economic inequalities between countries and people. This growing disbelief in the industry led me to close the studio." After experiencing the capitalist system, she began working with clay to return to her earlier joy of creativity. "DUM KERAMIK is an experiment to see if it's possible for me to work sustainably - both economically and with a clear conscience - by doing everything myself."

You are known for your distorted smileys, why do your smileys look so wasted and overjoyed at the same time?

They are distorted like that in the production process and I don’t really control the outcome of their expression. Due to the special technique, I am working with they are all different from each other. It is one of the cool things with the smiley as a motive, as long as there is a mouth ant two eyes it’s easy to interpret various expressions depending on what mood you are in. The fact that you perceive them as wasted and overjoyed might say more about you than about them?

When did you discover the enthusiasm for pottery?

A couple of years ago I started questioning a lot in my life. After closing my design studio, I got really depressed and lost all motivation to work with design. As an attempt to find a way back to the joy in making I started a ceramics class and I got hooked immediately. It's sort of a new relationship but I do hope and believe we will stick together forever me and clay. Working with clay is amazing and serves as a form of therapy for me. It allows me to put my brain on hold and let the hands do the work.

What’s the meaning behind the black cat motif that climbs around on your ceramics?
It's a secret tribute to my ex-boyfriend. I can’t tell you more ;)

There is this one form of vase that is characteristic for your art: it looks like the vase has two wings on the sides, like handles without a hole. How did you come up with this design?
I was inspired by the classic amphora shape. Since the motives I work with are exaggerated and expressional I wanted the shape to be more neutral and work as a canvas. The handles with no holes and rough edges are the result of the artistic semi- industrial production process I have developed. I like it when the objects express something from how they were made.

What’s the perfect flower to put in one of your vases?

Personally, I like them best without flowers. But I do love French tulips - the really big and sensual looking ones like the tulips in Robert Mapplethorpes photography.

Many people started doing pottery this year, also as a result of Covid. Are there any tips you can share with beginners to encourage them?

Enjoy the material! Work with it and not against it. Don’t force it, listen to it. Don’t bang your head trying to make it look “perfect”- imperfections are much more interesting. Anyone can learn how to make the perfect vase - only you can make those personal imperfections. My best recommendation: listen to audiobooks while working!