I explore the joy of inheriting the legacy of a 150-year-old heritage family farm and historical Scandinavian craft traditions. My forms echo the rich practice of working the land: soft-formed, curving clay walls reminiscent of rolling hills, carved ridges like plow-scraped fields, meet gentle, undulating wave-like rims. Working with my body is a sacred experience. Using a kickwheel is an intuitive, meditative encounter. My feet propel the wheel, capturing the slow, rhythmic movement of my legs juxtaposed with the sharp vertical textures in the form. As I toil with my hands in the clay, I contemplate my ancestors laboring with their hands in the earth, wood, stone, and bone. Researching Scandinavian decorative folk traditions from the 1700s and historical objects from the Viking age, I reconnect with my heritage.

I ruminate on the qualities of touch as the work goes through the process of atmospheric firing. As the physical flame billows, rolls, and swells, it scars the surface revealing how the work was marked. I celebrate qualities of touch found in the kiln and everyday common experiences. Through day-to-day use, the user is pleasantly surprised by the work, connecting with and finding joy through simple encounters. My work unites the farmer and the academic at a common table, evoking a timeless truth: the glorious can be found in the mundane, and the divine in the common.