I’ve been surprised to have embraced lockdown, largely due to daily rituals that I had instigated a couple of years ago. Those rituals and routines have deepened in their significance for me, since COVID-19 exploded into our lives.
Well, I am often described as the free-spirited girl who runs around barefoot and hair down. I am positive, hardworking, yet quiet. I am all things creative. A day doesn’t go by where I am not making, not thinking of the next project! Sometimes I think my brain is so full of all these creative ideas that there is no room for anything else. Which is why I have a terrible memory.
What difference a month can make!
My mother Maryvonne arrived to visit us for a 3 week holiday on the 3rd of March. On week one, I was given the opportunity to open a pop-up store at the Fremantle Markets so to do something fun in the midst of installing a store in 3 days instead of chilling in the South West, I introduced Mum to the idea of being part of our community blog in exchange of beautiful photos of herself with her granddaughters.
Well 3 weeks later, she is now stuck in Australia, living with us for the foreseeable future as the flight and situation deemed too risky at her age. Yes, she has received a file of photos that would make any grandmother jealous and an ANJELMS Project wardrobe to keep her clothed through her stay.
I am Belen Berganza, a ceramic artist based in Fremantle, Western Australia. I create unique, contemporary, sustainable handmade ceramics using porcelain and earthenware. I want to offer products that are not disposable, have a timelessness and are worthy of being passed on through the generations.
Dear ANJELMS community,
Another week, another challenge!