Nazranay
Solo Exhibition
My work lives in the space between holding and becoming.
Each piece begins as a conversation with material: the grain resisting the blade, the stone insisting on its own weight, the metal bending just enough to stay honest. The hand is always present. Time is always visible.
At its core, my practice moves between two worlds. One shaped by touch, weight, and lived experience — where inspiration came from the surroundings, from objects worn by use, from stories absorbed through presence rather than screens. The other shaped by images, fragments, and emotions received digitally — felt deeply, yet never physically held.
My work becomes a meeting point for these realities.
Wood carries memory of the earth. Metal carries the language of industry. Stones arrive with histories older than both. I do not force them into silence. I allow them to speak to one another. In my jewellery, metal exists to hold and protect the stone, never to overpower it. In my bowls, emptiness is not absence but a quiet offering — a space shaped by the hand and completed by use.
Irregular edges, tool marks, and raw joins remain as evidence of the process. They are reminders of slowness in a world that moves too fast, of touch in a time dominated by images, of making as an act of attention rather than production.
Each piece is a vessel — holding material, memory, and the tension between the old ways of knowing and the new ways of feeling. Between earth and industry. Between what we once touched to understand, and what we now feel without ever holding.
