I’m Maria and I live in Munich, Germany. I have been making art with my hands for as long as I can remember: I studied jewellery at the Academy of Folk Arts in St Petersburg, worked in a stone cutting workshop, taught sculpture and drawing to children and designed sportswear for aerial acrobats. I started working with ceramics three years ago and I intend to follow this path for the rest of my life, or until I find something else to concentrate on 🫣

My pottery is inspired by folklore, magic and my newfound love of manga, anime and cosplay. It starts with simple ingredients: clay, engobes and glazes, and is then shaped to express my ideas. I don’t work with a potter’s wheel, but let my hands guide me as I create my ceramic characters.