27. April 2026

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Have you ever tried folding origami? With patience, concentration and stillness, strictly following the instructions for fear of making mistakes. Origami lightly twirling around, white cranes floating in the air as if they had just begun their flight. The frustration of small mistakes, a few marks left by clumsy fingers. And then the satisfaction when you finally see the crane, your crane, fly.
Translating all this into ceramics was an act of patience, humility and love. Replicating the lightness of paper with such a moldable but naturally heavy, earthy material was a challenge I set myself. And it was worth it.
My cranes do not fly, they rest gently and can be admired or used to attach jewellery, small objects or cards with important messages to their necks, tails or wings. They are even simpler than the paper origami I started with. But they convey exactly the same emotions as those hanging in the stairwell of my nephews' house. A wedding gift to their parents that reminds everyone who enters this house of the beauty, lightness and fragility of love. How much energy must be invested in making them, and how carefully must they be protected.
And again, I tell myself that it was worth it.