How Air-Dry Clay Helped Me Rediscover My Creative Voice

About three years ago, my life—and my art—took an unexpected turn. I moved with my family to Dubai, leaving behind my ceramic studio in Moscow, Russia. Back then, I worked primarily with pottery clay, shaping and firing each piece in a kiln I had built my process around. Ceramics was more than a medium—it was a rhythm, a relationship I had nurtured for years.