About me and my work

I was born in Madrid (Spain) and after my studies at the School of Fine Arts – University of Salamanca, I moved to Belgium and continued my education at the Department of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Liege. I pursued my artistic research in the Academy of Fine Arts of Huy (Belgium), at the Department of Ceramics: since then, I have become a ceramic artist and curator, and clay has become my favourite material offering countless plastics and expressive possibilities and opportunities.

I have been in charge of the Department of Ceramics at the Academy of Fine Arts of Marche-en-Famenne (Belgium) until 2017, when I became the Artistic Director of Ceramic Art Andenne. I quited this job in December 2019 because I wanted to concentrate myself in my artistic work. I also work as a teacher, sharing my knowledge and experiences through ceramic courses for children and adults and through lectures, writings and videos on my YouTube channel.

My ceramics are totally made by myself in my studio in Belgium, following my slogan H3 : « Made by Hand, made by Head, made by Heart ».

I am deeply concerned with environmental issues and respect for health and nature is very important to me. This holistic way of thinking influences the way I live, buy things and grow vegetables in my garden, as well as the inspiration I use in the making process of my ceramics.

• I carefully choose the materials I use. 

• The glazes I use for my functional ceramics are innocuous for health and are environmentally respectful. Some of them are made of wood ashes from my stove.

• My electric kiln uses 100% sustainable energy. 

• I frequently fire in my wood-kiln: it is very performant thanks to a double isolation and the firings are quite fast (+ or – 12 h) with recycled wood.

• The packaging I use is recycled or made of recycled material.

Finally, buying one of my ceramics means encouraging and taking part in a human oriented and eco-responsible economy.