About
‘Thrown porcelain in vibrant colours from my north London studio’
Colour and form are the celebrated elements in my work. The white porcelain is my canvas that is coloured and shaped, mainly on the potter’s wheel.
My work finds itself on the crossroad of craft, art and design. It plays with the idea of the manufactured though shaped with my own hands. I aim for perfection where subtle details uncover the handmade nature and where colour and form create playfulness with a delicate touch.
Originally educated as an engineer (urban engineering for technological development - MSc) and in social-political ethics (MA), I initially worked for some Dutch ministries and under the UNESCO umbrella, as programme officer science for the Netherlands. But the clay was calling me back. I first got my hands on clay in 1992, when I started my engineering master. It was 'to do something nice as well'. I spent my Saturday's at the studio of Raymundus van Kessel, a monk at the abbey Marienkroon in Nieuwkuijk (NL). After he passed away in 1997 I hadn't touched clay till I rediscovered it in 2010. Since then I have built up my own practice.
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Programmes
In 2016 selected for the Hothouse Programme of the Crafts Council. Hothouse is a highly acclaimed business development programme for emerging makers.
In 2023 I was awarded a fund by the Craft Potters Association of the UK for research in finding natural pigments to colour porcelain
