The curiosity began much earlier.
My father opened the door to art when I was a child. We drew, talked about books, art and museums. He encouraged my whims about colors, paintings and ideas, and invited me to trust whatever brought me joy.
I was twenty-four when he died. In the middle of that loss came a powerful need to find myself: to ask what I wanted to do with the rest of my life and how I wanted to inhabit my days. Entering a ceramics studio first followed my curiosity; over time, it became a way back to myself.
Making a piece also meant building a craft.
Every technique learned, every problem solved and every form changed by hands and fire confirmed that I wanted to make something of my own. I did not only want to make objects: I wanted to build a craft and a place from which to share it.
During my training, two teachers changed my idea of what a studio could be through their generosity: not a place where knowledge is guarded, but one where it is passed on, discussed and multiplied.
That is why this studio exists.
Pepes is a space where people can come to make, learn at their own pace, ask questions, look closely and discover new possibilities. There is room here for curiosity, mistakes, practice and the joy of building something with your own hands.
Sharing ceramics means sharing creativity, craft and presence. Everything along the way brought me here: to open a studio where more people can find, as I did, a way to create and find themselves.
