Papadopoulou draws inspiration from the history of the island of Santorini and its sudden shift from a state of prosperity and bliss to devastation, due to a massive volcanic eruption that even altered the very shape of the island. Considering the earth and its eternal cycle as synonymous with life and nature, she conceives the process of destruction and re-creation as a continuous, uninterrupted phenomenon. This realization motivates her to redefine form with the transformative power of clay, allowing for complete freedom of expression and transcendence.

Though her work, she explores the concepts of empty and full. The concept of emptiness, as the space enclosed in the maternal womb, simulates the vessel’s empty space. She uses the traditional ceramic cord, not to create a solid container, but to outline it. Clay admixtures came from observing the different masses combined in the recycling stage.

She created smooth empty contours of memory that converse with the rough-filled volumes of unpredictable material quality. It is this fragile balance between the empty and the full that births a new trace of inner writing and meaning, giving form to an amorphous future.