Yasmin Falahat: “Apart from being Iranian and Turkish Cypriot, I’m a million other things”

The ceramicist on making her own box, quietly asserting her identity and feeling alien

Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to ceramicist Yasmin Falahat, who is of Iranian and Turkish Cypriot heritage. I’ve loved Yasmin’s ceramics for a while, so when I discovered she had mixed-heritage I couldn’t wait to dive deeper into her story. Read the story behind the kiln below.