When meeting belgian ceramics artist and designer Ann Van Hoey for the first time, it is difficult to know which is more impressive. Is it her existing body of work or the woman herself? Her work speaks for itself; lucidly and articulately and in a constantly rising crescendo. The woman, however, seems a paradox; proud and confident yet with an almost apologetic humility. She seems fully aware of what she has already achieved yet quietly wonders if there is still enough time left to reach the kind of artistic perfection she is searching for.