ZANA OHE

Zana Ohe combines the elements of earth, air, water, and fire to hand-build ceramics in small batches, creating each piece as an expression of soul and story. Working intuitively and rooted in play and curiosity, they create both functional and non-functional works that explore the connection between form, feeling, and everyday ritual.

Their functional wares are designed to be lived with. Through careful hand-building and the layered use of hand-painted underglaze, Zana brings colour, pattern, and personality to dish sets and custom pieces alike. They are especially drawn to creating collections meant for daily rituals, morning coffee, shared meals, slow evenings, as well as special gatherings, whether intimate or expansive. Each piece is made with the hope that it becomes part of someone’s memory-making, woven gently into the rhythms of home and connection.

Alongside this functional work is Fragments of Thought, a series of ceramic wall hangings that serve as sculptural meditations on vulnerability and introspection. Inspired by personal journal entries and expressive writing, these works trace raw emotion through fluid gestures and rolling lines. Each piece holds a sensation, a dream, or a fleeting feeling made tangible in clay and offered as a quiet reflection of the inner landscape.

Most recently, Zana has been developing a series of sculptural wall forms inspired by cow skulls. These works bridge Western iconography with ancient global mythologies, where the cow is often revered as Mother, symbolizing fertility, nourishment, calm, and cosmic order. By reimagining the skull not as desolation but as a vessel of memory and renewal, this series invites a deeper reading of symbols that transcend time, geography, and culture, exploring strength, softness, and the cycles that carry us forward.