About Me
My inspiration usually comes from natural materials and objects. I cherish the beauty of their organic, ‘imperfect’ forms, their honesty and unpretentious simplicity, and the tactility of their patina as they age. I always seek to capture that tactility and sensuality in my work that invites a person to touch and caress. Watching people engage with my work and their reaction as they touch it for the first time is my biggest reward.
Born in Izmir, Turkey, I moved to Istanbul to do my Bachelors in Business. Shortly after university, I took over the Istanbul operation of an international packaging company. I re-founded it, nurtured it and grew it into a successful business. For 8 years, it became my child, my teacher, my lover and my enemy.
Then in 2010, several things seemed to happen all at once: The Global Financial Crisis finally hit the business in full force. My family began to disintegrate. And life as I knew it became unbearable. I found my escape in an interior design course, which soon encouraged me to believe that it wasn't too late follow my dream and start anew.
In 2012, my husband and I decided to leave our well-settled life in Istanbul behind and move to Sydney, where I finally got to follow my life long dream of creating and making at the School of Art and Design, UNSW. For 2.5 years as I did a Masters in Design and a Graduate Diploma in Ceramics, I disappeared and re-found myself in the ceramics studio and the wood workshop.
In 2014, we relocated to Perth and I worked as a Resident Artist at The Clay House alongside Fleur Schell and Danica Wichtermann.
2015 marked another new beginning for us with the arrival of our baby boy Derin, and then followed by our second son Arel in 2019.
I'm now a full-time mum and an independent designer-maker with my own studio, where I continue my explorations of materiality, light and tactility.
As a designer-maker, I strive to create 'textures to touch' - intimate functional ceramic objects that make you not want to let go once you hold them; timeless designs that are a pleasure to use everyday. They celebrate 'the beauty of the imperfect', reflecting colours, textures and forms derived from nature.