In the workshop of Keramiek Centrum Amsterdam

Maria stretching creativity

...and the result!

Iris' box with feet

Monique working on a Mexican bowl

The result

 Maria designing Fridge magnets + end result

 Luca the Vase Man :-)

See?

 Pinchpots revisited. Mariët

Lika coiling.

Merel coiled a vessel...

A vessel? Check back in to see what Merel is making!

Judy sculpting

Luca is working on his first project!

Maria working with slabs of clay

Special rim by Monique

Nature in clay - Mariët

Cheerful bowls by Judy

Iris' first project 

Tea light holders by Maria

Cat feeders by Navie

Small vase by Iris

Coiling experiment by Monique

Clock made by Pauline

Vase made by Christine

Tea set made by Madelon

Christine's first pinch pots

I am not sure whose work this is...

Mo's 'treefje'

I think Onno made this one

Feng Shui tile

Pauline's tea pot

Modelling project by Monique

Mariët working on a very tall vase

This one is also made by Mariët. A bottle with wings...

Amazing ceramics art project!

Ceramics I love

Great piece by my clay buddy Sue Mifsud (Malta)

I love Design & Craft events...

It's that time of the year. Early fall... Art, Design and Craft events all over the Globe...
Here's the one in London.
And this is going on in New York!
Where is the Amsterdam version???? 

Pencil Art on Design Sponge

This is amazing art!

In the EKWC (in French)

Making an Udu Drum (thanks to Rosie Barr)

Design and presentation

Zelf Knopen maken is leuk en ook heel simpel

Eerst plakjes porselein van een rol afsnijden. Net als vroeger met koekjes bakken. Je kunt natuurlijk ook eerst kleine bolletjes draaien tussen je handpalmen. Wat je maar het prettigst vindt werken. Ruwe randjes gladstrijken. Dan met sateh-stokjes gaatjes prikken en rustig plat laten drogen. Dan worden de knopen 'biskwie' gebakken in de keramiekoven, op 950 graden. [foto 1]. Vervolgens wordt de bovenkant van de knopen voorzien transparant glazuur en worden de knoopjes nogmaals gebakken. Deze keer op een temperatuur van 1250 graden. Daarna zijn de knopen sterk en klaar. [foto 2] Je kunt ze desgewenst nog decoreren. Als je dat doet moeten de knopen nog een keer gebakken worden, op een temperatuur van 1140 graden [foto 3]. Eventueel kun je het decoreren ook doen na de eerste keer bakken, dat scheelt een keer stoken.

En nu nog een fotografiecursus! :-)

And then: Simon Leach!

Throwing goblets

The godfather of pottery: Shoji Hamada

The Summer 'Look' of my workshop

The artwork is hardly visible anymore, but isn't she a beauty? Every winter I cut this plant down, hoping it'll grow wide the next year...
Today a young man rang the door bell, to ask if he could take seed after bloom. 

Cardiff School of Art & Design - applying glaze

Cardiff School of Art & Design - instruction on packing a bisque kiln

The secrets of Raku - The Cardif School of Art & Design

The Cardif School of Art & Design Glaze room

The Cardif School of Art & Design Plaster room

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Charlotte's kitchen shelf - part 4

My grandma's dinnerset - or what is left of it...
It's an earthenware set, produced by the Maastricht Ceramics Factory. 

Charlotte's kitchen shelf - part 3

Tante (aunt) Annie's fruit bowl. This is such a nifty design! Freshly washed fruit goes on top of the 'drainer device': the excess water leaks through and the fruit stays dry. It's like an inside-out colander. I feel very blessed I inherited this wonderful piece. It sits on my 'kitchen shelf' next to my mum's cake plates. On the bottom there's a mark" Zaalborg, Holland.