ABOUT ME

Hi ;)

My name is Patri

I live in Elda, my hometown in the southeast of Spain, where I have my own ceramic studio. In early 2025, I moved back here from Barcelona to fully dedicate myself to ceramics and to build a slower, more creative life surrounded by sun, plants, and family.

I currently work mainly with the pottery wheel and plaster molds, though I still handbuild whenever a piece asks for it. Everything I make is handmade, slowly and mindfully.

A little more about me:

I always wanted to study fine arts, but I ended up studying technical architecture because it was “a safe career choice.” Ironically, I never felt connected to that path. After graduating, the 2008 financial crisis hit, and the profession changed completely. I felt lost, so I moved to Barcelona, studied graphic design, and discovered the world of interior and product design. I was fascinated. It felt like a world I wanted to belong to.

Art has always been part of my life — sometimes quietly, but always present. It's what moves me, worries me, and grounds me. Eventually, I started working in interior design, and that’s where my love for functional, simple, and emotionally evocative objects began.

In 2020, the pandemic hit. I lost my job and found myself demotivated again. Creativity became my refuge. My sister recommended a small online ceramics course and I fell in love: clay allowed me to bring to life the ideas that had only existed in my sketchbooks.

I started with air-dry clay, but quickly felt the need to go further. I bought my first tools, took my pieces to a local studio to be fired, and shared the process on Instagram. People liked it. Slowly but surely, everything grew — the desire to create, to share, to experiment. I bought my first kiln and decided to take the leap and make this real, and professional.

What I make:

I create cheerful, original, and slightly surreal pieces. I love using decontextualized shapes and decorations — ideas that feel like dreams, yet somehow familiar. I'm inspired by metaphysics, the Mediterranean, nature, and geometry (a little gift from my architecture background).

I want my ceramics to feel like fragments of another universe. They’re tactile, expressive, sometimes playful, sometimes introspective. Just like me.

Fun ceramics for fun lives.

If you have any questions or just want to say hi, feel free to email me or reach out on Instagram.
Thanks for being here :)