Pottery is the new yoga

I am so pleased that I was able to turn my passion into my profession. I wanted to become a potter from the age of 16, and I am grateful to have been able to realize my dream.Following my pottery studies at a Dutch Ceramics course in Gouda in 1997, I was apprenticed to various potters and also followed several master classes. My work is diverse, from utensils and crockery to art objects. Above all, my preference is to turn large, monumental pieces. Although I am able to produce a clean finish on my pottery, I like to display the wrinkles of the spinning here and there. This shows that the work has been in motion, something I call ‘still movement’. My philosophy is that although every piece of work can be seen as a piece of art, it is ultimately a utensil and I take pleasure when people actually use my work.