Sophia is a Berlin ceramic artist specializing in Nerikomi, a Japanese clay technique in which colored clays are woven together to create intricate patterns. She holds a background in art education and art therapy and has worked with ceramics since childhood. Her Nerikomi practice ranges from functional objects to sculptural pieces and is inspired by the geometries of the natural world and ancient Chinese and Japanese ceramic traditions. In Nerikomi, pattern is not applied to the surface - it is built into the body of the clay itself. What appears on the outside is a cross-section of what runs all the way through. Surface, here, is inseparable from structure.