Eva Sonaike

Through her London-based studio, Sonaike creates home furnishings and textiles inspired by vibrant West African designs (evasonaike.com)

I came across Freya in a magazine shoot featured on Instagram and fell in love with her work. I’ve always been obsessed with ceramics, and I find hers so serene, beautiful and timeless. A lot of people these days are inspired by Scandinavian or Japanese simplicity, but her pieces are very opulent and quite traditional. I particularly like her recent collaboration with Studio Krokalia – the works catch your eye and are contemporary, while at the same time being classic, almost echoing the shapes of ancient Greek vessels. Her use of colour and pattern is phenomenal. There’s a synergy with the way I work in the way she draws, sketches and lays out patterns, even if the end product is totally different. She shares a studio with her father and sister and they all teach ceramic classes to adults and kids, which I also find inspiring. Our aesthetic is very different, but I can see her work complementing mine in a shoot, or sitting in a space I’ve created as an interior designer.

‘FREYA’S CERAMICS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL… HER USE OF COLOUR AND PATTERN IS PHENOMENAL’