Let me introduce you to my grandfather Yiannis - Stamnas, Siphnian by origin, who fell in love with Tinos and became a ceramicist.

At 12 years old, during the difficult years of the Occupation, he started with his father as mentor, my great-grandfather Simo Exilze.

One quarantine afternoon, we shared the microbe of clay. His stories about ceramics and family enchanted me.

Since then, the creativity of clay is also my passion.