Three years ago clay arrived. From that exact moment it felt as natural as breathing. Giorgia Piu — Rose de Nour — is a ceramicist based in Rome with strong Mediterranean roots, a background in painting and drawing, and an approach to clay that is completely her own: contemplative, instinctive, and deeply rooted in the earth. She and the matter. She and I.

Analogue woman from 1973. Carpenter's daughter. Textile, wood, brass and embroidery. Solo exhibition in Madrid coming up. Tilde Grynnerup on intuition, gut feeling, working-class feminism, and why the art world finally feels like home.