Collaboration work in progress

                                      images by Anna (LilaRubyKing & afjewellery)

A while back I told you that Anna & I are working on a new line. I asked Anna to send me some images of her sketchbook so that I could treat you with a sneak preview. We're excited about what we'll be doing next. I love the work that Anna did so far. Whales, waterbirds, sea dragons, krill, bubbles,...
All animals of the big blue! Can you wait? :)

Open studio day - vrij atelier

Have you worked with porcelain clay before and are you longing for some more play?
I had people ask me if they could come and play with some clay so I gathered that an open studio day would be appropriate. I have an open studio day planned on the 23rd of February where you can come and play as much as you like. You can use my table, tools, clay and I'll be around for when you want to ask stuff. It's not a workshop so I don't do a lot of explaining as I'll be working on stuff too.
And you'll meet my little studio assistant who's very good at keeping me off working! ;)
After the open day I fire all the work and send it to you.
If you are interested, please send me an e-mail and I'll send you the details of the day (time & costs).

Heb je al eerder met porseleinklei gewerkt en wil je graag wat meer spelen?
Mensen vroegen me of ze een keertje gewoon konden komen om te spelen dus ik dacht dat een vrij atelier wel leuk zou zijn. Dus ik heb een vrij atelier gepland op 23 februari. Je kan dan komen spelen zoveel als je wil. Je mag gebruik maken van mijn tafel, gereedschappen, klei en ik ben aanwezig als je dingen wil vragen. Het is geen workshop dus ik geef niet veel uitleg want ik ga zelf ook aan de slag die dag. En je kan dan ook kennismaken met mijn kleine atelier assistent die me serieus van mijn werk houdt. ;) Na de open dag bak ik alles af en stuur het op met de post.
Als je interesse hebt, stuur me dan een e-mail en ik stuur jou de details van de dag (tijd & kosten).

New North Story rings

I made these rings a long time ago but never took the time to photograph them and put 'em in my shop. I came across them the other day and thought that I better do something with them.
They are in my Etsy shop now... More designs will follow soon!

Happy production

I made a big batch of Happy girls for the Fashion Museum in Hasselt. They have a jar of them in the museum shop and every time when there's a new exhibition I go and fill up the pot. Most of the time, all happy colors have dissapeared so I made more of those this time. It's a happy job to do. :)

Decalling

It's been a while since I did some decal work in my studio. But we (Anna & me) have some custom work waiting so I send Anna some porcelain pieces that she could decal. OOAK pieces are heaps of fun to make as not one is the same. You can have a preview of Anna's pieces in her blog. Although they are fun to make, I always twist and turn about placing a certain image somewhere. Is it too little? Is it too much? And the secret is to stop in time before you ruin the piece. 
I also like seeing how different Anna's pieces are to mine. I'm rather modest in combining an placing colors & patterns while Anna dares to use big color blocks. It makes her pieces really artsy I think.
Some of these pieces will be in our shops soon. :)
If you would like a OOAK piece of your own, please don't hesitate to contact us.

Fail

So, I thought I woudl try the mould that I made the other day. Of course I couldn't wait for the result and opened it too soon. I have two parts now, not quite what I wanted it to be. Oh well, it will make a good test sample...

Anyone an idea what this will be? :)

New start

A fresh year, a fresh start in the studio too. I'm finding it hard to balance my ceramic work with a little baby around but I'm sure things will get easier. Last fall, Anna (afjewellery & LilaRubyKing) and I have been discussing a new line. I find it so exciting to exchange ideas and discuss new work. And since Pinterest allows to have secret boards, we actually can have a joint inspiration board! Superfun!

Apart from that, I'm also doing a try out of a new product. It will take some time to develop and I hope it will work because I love the idea! Here's a sneak preview of work in progress...  I know it looks like a bauble but it's not! :)