About Lela

Ceramics is my sanctuary, a space where I uncover my truest self, where I simply am.

Each piece I craft unfolds as a deep dialogue between the clay and the soul inside me. Like any heartfelt conversation, it wanders—taking sudden detours, curving through resistance, dancing with surprises and struggles, molding soft valleys and hopeful peaks, tracing edges of cliffs and tight, rugged paths. Yet, what emerges is a harmony born of clay and touch. We speak candidly, the clay and I—sometimes sparring, always mending—until the fire steps in, the ultimate arbiter.

As with life’s greatest treasures, ceramics asks for patience and humility, giving them back tenfold. Above all, it’s a labor of love.