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Christina's Crooked Garden

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Handbuild ceramic creations made with feeling, by Christina Kingma

De nieuwste kuiken atelier data zijn online!

Wees welkom om vrij te komen schilderen in het atelier

Data en info

De nieuwe kuiken atelier data staan online! Dankzij de crowdfunding (deze loopt nog, voel je vrij om even een kijkje te nemen in de link in de bio!) nu voor €15,- per kind + een gratis optie voor gezinnen die even krap bij kas zitten. Wees welkom! ❤️🌞🦄

Poster gemaakt door: @culifer_ ❤️

De nieuwe kuiken atelier data staan online! Dankzij de crowdfunding (deze loopt nog, voel je vrij om even een kijkje te nemen in de link in de bio!) nu voor €15,- per kind + een gratis optie voor gezinnen die even krap bij kas zitten. Wees welkom! ❤️🌞🦄

Poster gemaakt door: @culifer_ ❤️

I’m still getting used to the idea that these are indeed my hands, learning to throw!

After graduating artschool - 8 years ago, I was against everything that seemed (to me) industrial or which had certain ‘rules’. I wanted to fill my surroundings with crooked, handpinched pots. And so I handpinched hundreds of em👌

But as time progressed, my opinion of things also somewhat eased and after trying out a wheelthrowing session at @kleistudio_reduzum (and after learning from @lydiaelisabethpottery that wheelthrown pots don’t have to look industrially made) I decided to buy a small wheel, why not.

And I love it.

I am following the video courses of @studiobloei.theclayclub (I have watched these for hours during breastfeeding, Robin makes nice videos) and slowly I have been learning how it works. That feeling of clay sliding through my hands is new, and lifting up a cup.. satisfying 🫡🤝
My first bowl just exited her first fire and I don’t know what it is but I love the feel (while trying to keep the handmade aspect).

Cheers (with a crooked wheelthrown cup) to more!

#ceramics #pottery #learningtothrow #stoneware

I’m still getting used to the idea that these are indeed my hands, learning to throw!

After graduating artschool - 8 years ago, I was against everything that seemed (to me) industrial or which had certain ‘rules’. I wanted to fill my surroundings with crooked, handpinched pots. And so I handpinched hundreds of em👌

But as time progressed, my opinion of things also somewhat eased and after trying out a wheelthrowing session at @kleistudio_reduzum (and after learning from @lydiaelisabethpottery that wheelthrown pots don’t have to look industrially made) I decided to buy a small wheel, why not.

And I love it.

I am following the video courses of @studiobloei.theclayclub (I have watched these for hours during breastfeeding, Robin makes nice videos) and slowly I have been learning how it works. That feeling of clay sliding through my hands is new, and lifting up a cup.. satisfying 🫡🤝
My first bowl just exited her first fire and I don’t know what it is but I love the feel (while trying to keep the handmade aspect).

Cheers (with a crooked wheelthrown cup) to more!

#ceramics #pottery #learningtothrow #stoneware

Even een moment voor jezelf met nogal een uniek resultaat! Je werk wordt gebakken op 1250 graden Celcius en kan daarna een fijn en lang leven bij je hebben!

Deze thuisworkshop (waar je, je voor kunt aanmelden t/m 9 juni - alle info in de link in mijn bio) is voor jou als je nieuwschierig bent naar wat jouw handen van klei kunnen bouwen!

- geen ervaring nodig, ik begeleid je stap voor stap in de video die je bij je kleipakket krijgt
- je hebt een maand om een avond te kiezen om je vaas tot leven te brengen (18 juli doen we een rondje Groningen en halen we alle werken op om ze af te bakken!)
- inclusief bonus video over een decoratie techniek!

Je hebt al een kleipakket vanf €39,50
Vragen? Voel je altijd vrij een DM te sturen!

#keramiekvanuithuis #creatief #groningen #keramiek #vaasje

Even een moment voor jezelf met nogal een uniek resultaat! Je werk wordt gebakken op 1250 graden Celcius en kan daarna een fijn en lang leven bij je hebben!

Deze thuisworkshop (waar je, je voor kunt aanmelden t/m 9 juni - alle info in de link in mijn bio) is voor jou als je nieuwschierig bent naar wat jouw handen van klei kunnen bouwen!

- geen ervaring nodig, ik begeleid je stap voor stap in de video die je bij je kleipakket krijgt
- je hebt een maand om een avond te kiezen om je vaas tot leven te brengen (18 juli doen we een rondje Groningen en halen we alle werken op om ze af te bakken!)
- inclusief bonus video over een decoratie techniek!

Je hebt al een kleipakket vanf €39,50
Vragen? Voel je altijd vrij een DM te sturen!

#keramiekvanuithuis #creatief #groningen #keramiek #vaasje

De thuisworkshop is terug! Dit is een fijn begin van de zomer!

Woon je in Groningen en heb je een kind dat graag maakt, verzamelt of knutselt?

Met deze keramiek thuisworkshop maken jullie samen een uniek bloemenvaasje van echte klei. Gewoon aan de keukentafel, wanneer het jullie uitkomt - en dus lekker op jullie eigen tempo.

- Inclusief kleipakket (met wat extra klei voor zijprojecten)
- Speciaal lesmateriaal voor kinderen én ouders
- Ik bak jullie kunstwerk af in mijn keramiekoven

Aanmelden kan t/m 9 juni. De prijs is €39,50 per pakket (en nog wat extra als je graag ook wilt verfen op de klei met echte onderglazuur)

Klik op de link in mijn bio voor meer informatie!

#creatieveworkshop #groningen #keramiek #keramiekvoorkinderen

De thuisworkshop is terug! Dit is een fijn begin van de zomer!

Woon je in Groningen en heb je een kind dat graag maakt, verzamelt of knutselt?

Met deze keramiek thuisworkshop maken jullie samen een uniek bloemenvaasje van echte klei. Gewoon aan de keukentafel, wanneer het jullie uitkomt - en dus lekker op jullie eigen tempo.

- Inclusief kleipakket (met wat extra klei voor zijprojecten)
- Speciaal lesmateriaal voor kinderen én ouders
- Ik bak jullie kunstwerk af in mijn keramiekoven

Aanmelden kan t/m 9 juni. De prijs is €39,50 per pakket (en nog wat extra als je graag ook wilt verfen op de klei met echte onderglazuur)

Klik op de link in mijn bio voor meer informatie!

#creatieveworkshop #groningen #keramiek #keramiekvoorkinderen

I’m not sure why Play Town doesnt have an actual story yet. I feel like it has always been there, but now all of a sudden I’m starting to see what it can be - maybe allways has been! I’ve been puzzling with creating a story more and more, and so when @juliakuentzel mused that she’d like to create a fairytale with tiles - a fairy tile? It was very easy to jump in and create! And so we did this week. Which was awesome. Julia has a way of story telling that I love and eagerly try to understand. She somehow understands that a picture of a keyhole is more curiosity invoking than a picture of a key. I feel like there is a secret sauce in creating a fairytale and I feel like I have learned more about the recipe this week.

Thankyou for sharing your world with me @juliakuentzel and I hope that youve enjoyed mine ❤️🫡🦄

#fairytale #atelier #artistdate #studiodate #ceramics

I’m not sure why Play Town doesnt have an actual story yet. I feel like it has always been there, but now all of a sudden I’m starting to see what it can be - maybe allways has been! I’ve been puzzling with creating a story more and more, and so when @juliakuentzel mused that she’d like to create a fairytale with tiles - a fairy tile? It was very easy to jump in and create! And so we did this week. Which was awesome. Julia has a way of story telling that I love and eagerly try to understand. She somehow understands that a picture of a keyhole is more curiosity invoking than a picture of a key. I feel like there is a secret sauce in creating a fairytale and I feel like I have learned more about the recipe this week.

Thankyou for sharing your world with me @juliakuentzel and I hope that youve enjoyed mine ❤️🫡🦄

#fairytale #atelier #artistdate #studiodate #ceramics

So this is why I’ve created a donation page, where you can donate a couple euros to help organise an affordable Kuiken Atelier this summer! Materials are expensive, but together we can give a group of kids a safe and inspiring place to create! You can find all the info in my bio.

If 1/5th if my followers would donate a euro, I can host 5 Kuiken Ateliers this summer. Feel very free to share!

#kuikenatelier #creatiefmetkids

So this is why I’ve created a donation page, where you can donate a couple euros to help organise an affordable Kuiken Atelier this summer! Materials are expensive, but together we can give a group of kids a safe and inspiring place to create! You can find all the info in my bio.

If 1/5th if my followers would donate a euro, I can host 5 Kuiken Ateliers this summer. Feel very free to share!

#kuikenatelier #creatiefmetkids

Delivering this beauty to @keramiekmarktdwingeloo today, where @lydiaelisabethpottery will be selling her works (including the last available items of our Awakening collection)🔥🔥🔥

#ceramicart #heron #handmadevase #handpaintedceramics #uniekinterieur

Delivering this beauty to @keramiekmarktdwingeloo today, where @lydiaelisabethpottery will be selling her works (including the last available items of our Awakening collection)🔥🔥🔥

#ceramicart #heron #handmadevase #handpaintedceramics #uniekinterieur

I have never cared much for mothersday. I mostly did my daughter-job because it was expected of me and I didn’t want drama, and that was that.

When Aleksander was born - 4 years ago, he showed me what kids are really like and also showed me how truly broken my own relationship with my own mother was. My mother was there when he was born, and for a little moment we connected like we have connected when I was born - I think. And I somehow knew: when she lets go of my hand, we will both let go of each-other.

Which we did. Those 4 years became years of epic lows, filled with many griefs. A loss of the fantasy: ‘if I work hard enough she will love me in the way that I desire to be loved’. These lows, in hindsight, were necessary because they created space to actually feel. In those ‘mothersdays’ I avoided instagram like the plague, because I finally understood what I had missed. Slowly though, I felt a new feeling as-well. Light as a feather at first, but the more I progressed the more intense it became: family love. A new emotion. A new color on the rainbow. Fresh, pure, deeply frightening, but so so so so needed.

With the birth of Louise in September, I marked the end of those 4 years of incredible emotional labour. I didn’t have my mother there this time (we seemed to have had our end-game fight, at 36 weeks pregnancy. I suspected that I’d never see her again), but with a new set of people, selected by my better understood emotions.

When Louise was born, I was re-born for the second time as-well. This time as a mother who didn’t have her heart in a lock. When I needed to go to the hospital because of a hemmorage, I decided to call my own mother. In that frightening moment, I didn’t care about all the fights anymore. I wanted to smell her smell. She instantly jumped in the car and when we saw eachother: unexpectedly met again. Like when Aleksander was born. Like when I was born. But this time, with my open heart. A new person. She stood next to my bed, guardian mode. And counted the little fingers and toes of the beautiful Louise with me. I learned there, that despite the horrid things that can happen. (Chosen) family - is the most important thing there is.

I have never cared much for mothersday. I mostly did my daughter-job because it was expected of me and I didn’t want drama, and that was that.

When Aleksander was born - 4 years ago, he showed me what kids are really like and also showed me how truly broken my own relationship with my own mother was. My mother was there when he was born, and for a little moment we connected like we have connected when I was born - I think. And I somehow knew: when she lets go of my hand, we will both let go of each-other.

Which we did. Those 4 years became years of epic lows, filled with many griefs. A loss of the fantasy: ‘if I work hard enough she will love me in the way that I desire to be loved’. These lows, in hindsight, were necessary because they created space to actually feel. In those ‘mothersdays’ I avoided instagram like the plague, because I finally understood what I had missed. Slowly though, I felt a new feeling as-well. Light as a feather at first, but the more I progressed the more intense it became: family love. A new emotion. A new color on the rainbow. Fresh, pure, deeply frightening, but so so so so needed.

With the birth of Louise in September, I marked the end of those 4 years of incredible emotional labour. I didn’t have my mother there this time (we seemed to have had our end-game fight, at 36 weeks pregnancy. I suspected that I’d never see her again), but with a new set of people, selected by my better understood emotions.

When Louise was born, I was re-born for the second time as-well. This time as a mother who didn’t have her heart in a lock. When I needed to go to the hospital because of a hemmorage, I decided to call my own mother. In that frightening moment, I didn’t care about all the fights anymore. I wanted to smell her smell. She instantly jumped in the car and when we saw eachother: unexpectedly met again. Like when Aleksander was born. Like when I was born. But this time, with my open heart. A new person. She stood next to my bed, guardian mode. And counted the little fingers and toes of the beautiful Louise with me. I learned there, that despite the horrid things that can happen. (Chosen) family - is the most important thing there is.

Wrapping orders ❤️

The kids atelier of yesterday crossed my mind multiple times today. There was this girl. She made me think of that book; 'Woman Who Run With Wolves' - I felt like she embodied that book. This wild female nature that we carry all inside of us, but which most woman have neatly cemented a couple of walls around. This girl didn't have that wall and when allowed, she went all out with the paint. She painted herself, grabbed the old paper cups that weren't used by the other kids anymore and squeezed all the paint from them. She curiously eyed all the different colors of paint dripping everywhere and smeared it over het arms. Eventually she pulled out her sweater and filled her pockets with fat blobs of paint.

I just sat on the ground next to her and followed her exploration with curiosity. It was there that I felt my own walls and felt the cramp of them. I had never even though of the possibility of putting blobs of paint in my pocket. But for this girl it just seemed like the beginning.

I felt like there was a story hidden in there somewhere. And today I catch myself still puzzling with it, but also meeting the limits of my own imagination - my walls, again. I feel like the girl opened a little door to a wild world, but I'm not flexible enough to pass through.

I'll put this puzzle piece in my inner archive of curious things, and I'll look forward to the next kids atelier. I also applied for a subsidy, to make the price go down. We'll see!

A nice evening to you ❤️

#cupwithastory #pottery #handpaintedceramics #littlehouse #beschilderdekeramiek

Wrapping orders ❤️

The kids atelier of yesterday crossed my mind multiple times today. There was this girl. She made me think of that book; 'Woman Who Run With Wolves' - I felt like she embodied that book. This wild female nature that we carry all inside of us, but which most woman have neatly cemented a couple of walls around. This girl didn't have that wall and when allowed, she went all out with the paint. She painted herself, grabbed the old paper cups that weren't used by the other kids anymore and squeezed all the paint from them. She curiously eyed all the different colors of paint dripping everywhere and smeared it over het arms. Eventually she pulled out her sweater and filled her pockets with fat blobs of paint.

I just sat on the ground next to her and followed her exploration with curiosity. It was there that I felt my own walls and felt the cramp of them. I had never even though of the possibility of putting blobs of paint in my pocket. But for this girl it just seemed like the beginning.

I felt like there was a story hidden in there somewhere. And today I catch myself still puzzling with it, but also meeting the limits of my own imagination - my walls, again. I feel like the girl opened a little door to a wild world, but I'm not flexible enough to pass through.

I'll put this puzzle piece in my inner archive of curious things, and I'll look forward to the next kids atelier. I also applied for a subsidy, to make the price go down. We'll see!

A nice evening to you ❤️

#cupwithastory #pottery #handpaintedceramics #littlehouse #beschilderdekeramiek

Kuiken atelier magie ❤️ er zijn nog plekjes vrij voor 30 mei! Link in bio voor aanmelden, €35,- per kind (inclusief veel schildermateriaal, ballonnen en een lekkere koffie voor mama/papa)

Kuiken atelier magie ❤️ er zijn nog plekjes vrij voor 30 mei! Link in bio voor aanmelden, €35,- per kind (inclusief veel schildermateriaal, ballonnen en een lekkere koffie voor mama/papa)

April

I still often feel like I accidentally stumbled upon this life. A life with two kids who are very happy to be here (which turns out to be contagious as heck). A big man that I like, who keeps doing these random things for me and doesn’t ask (that many) questions. A home, a real home that seems to be ok with me staying. And this desire to create - my life elixer that I sometimes a tad furiously gobble. These days fill me from head to toes and I hope that I can have thousands upon thousands of them more. Which is really quite something for me to type, because I have mostly have experienced life as a steep and wet hill that I was climbing with slippery shoes. Turns out though, that I actually was shuffling towards something. I’m very happy that I kept moving.

The images:
1. Creating together with @lydiaelisabethpottery (also the start of my curiosity for the turning wheel)
2. Filming for the Awakening collection on the dijk. Johan steered the drone, while standing in an angle, keeping baby Louise out of the harsh winds. Lydia her dad was taking care if Job (her son) and Aleksander who were free roaming. I love this moment.
3. Pluisje and Olaf are growing older, which I find hard. Pluisje has been declining rapidly lately.
4. Creating together with my unit (he is in a drawing spree, he takes a sketchbook everywhere and I cant describe how that makes my creator heart do happy boinks)
5. Prepping a background for the shoot with @lisannejagerphotography and @joyce_khanou in where we photographed me with my 7 months old Louise.
6. Which resulted in sweet sweet precious images that I love.
7. The next day I shared that goodness with a couple friends, who I felt also deserved a photo like that
8. The turningwheel adventure continues with @onthebrinkofclay at the zen monk teacher @kleistudio_reduzum
9. Le good art
10.Putting the final hand to the Awakening collection (which almost sold out within a day!)
11. Coot cup ❤️
12. Chilling
13. The kingsday market met lieve Esther

Onwards to May! In where I’ll start working on Aleksander Town (thanks to the subsidy that I received this month) aaannndd whheerrer the turnjng wheel will arrive :)

April

I still often feel like I accidentally stumbled upon this life. A life with two kids who are very happy to be here (which turns out to be contagious as heck). A big man that I like, who keeps doing these random things for me and doesn’t ask (that many) questions. A home, a real home that seems to be ok with me staying. And this desire to create - my life elixer that I sometimes a tad furiously gobble. These days fill me from head to toes and I hope that I can have thousands upon thousands of them more. Which is really quite something for me to type, because I have mostly have experienced life as a steep and wet hill that I was climbing with slippery shoes. Turns out though, that I actually was shuffling towards something. I’m very happy that I kept moving.

The images:
1. Creating together with @lydiaelisabethpottery (also the start of my curiosity for the turning wheel)
2. Filming for the Awakening collection on the dijk. Johan steered the drone, while standing in an angle, keeping baby Louise out of the harsh winds. Lydia her dad was taking care if Job (her son) and Aleksander who were free roaming. I love this moment.
3. Pluisje and Olaf are growing older, which I find hard. Pluisje has been declining rapidly lately.
4. Creating together with my unit (he is in a drawing spree, he takes a sketchbook everywhere and I cant describe how that makes my creator heart do happy boinks)
5. Prepping a background for the shoot with @lisannejagerphotography and @joyce_khanou in where we photographed me with my 7 months old Louise.
6. Which resulted in sweet sweet precious images that I love.
7. The next day I shared that goodness with a couple friends, who I felt also deserved a photo like that
8. The turningwheel adventure continues with @onthebrinkofclay at the zen monk teacher @kleistudio_reduzum
9. Le good art
10.Putting the final hand to the Awakening collection (which almost sold out within a day!)
11. Coot cup ❤️
12. Chilling
13. The kingsday market met lieve Esther

Onwards to May! In where I’ll start working on Aleksander Town (thanks to the subsidy that I received this month) aaannndd whheerrer the turnjng wheel will arrive :)

A collection inspired by nature, made from nature, by us as we are. Filled with birds that move from winter to spring, a time that we love. Filled with the flowers that grow first. The awakening of the green, the nests, the sunlight. Made to enjoy (with BIG mugs that can carry 800ml!!).

We welcome you at both of our sites, the Awakening collection is online!! Link in bio!

#handpaintedpottery #ceramics #birds #art #delftsblauw

A collection inspired by nature, made from nature, by us as we are. Filled with birds that move from winter to spring, a time that we love. Filled with the flowers that grow first. The awakening of the green, the nests, the sunlight. Made to enjoy (with BIG mugs that can carry 800ml!!).

We welcome you at both of our sites, the Awakening collection is online!! Link in bio!

#handpaintedpottery #ceramics #birds #art #delftsblauw

#Ceramics #pottery #delftsblauw #keramiek #illustratedpottery

#Ceramics #pottery #delftsblauw #keramiek #illustratedpottery

Tomorrow at 20:00 Ams. Time @lydiaelisabethpottery and me will release our very special and limited edition Awakening collection!

#ceramics #heronillustration #handpaintedpottery #delftsblauw #bijzonderservies

Tomorrow at 20:00 Ams. Time @lydiaelisabethpottery and me will release our very special and limited edition Awakening collection!

#ceramics #heronillustration #handpaintedpottery #delftsblauw #bijzonderservies

#ceramics #pottery #keramiek #delftsblauw #kip

#ceramics #pottery #keramiek #delftsblauw #kip

Upcoming wednesday @lydiaelisabethpottery and me will release the collection that we’ve been working on! These three mugs you will find on my site. I asked Lydia to build them big, because handpinched pots are often a bit smaller, since your thumb does a lot of the heavy lifting in shaping it (people with longer thumbs create bigger cups more easily).

#ceramics #pottery #handpaintedpottery #birdceramics #delftsblauw

Upcoming wednesday @lydiaelisabethpottery and me will release the collection that we’ve been working on! These three mugs you will find on my site. I asked Lydia to build them big, because handpinched pots are often a bit smaller, since your thumb does a lot of the heavy lifting in shaping it (people with longer thumbs create bigger cups more easily).

#ceramics #pottery #handpaintedpottery #birdceramics #delftsblauw

Only two cups left to paint + a couple smaller versions! Ready for the April 22th launch 👌

This photo was taken at the atelier today, where
@lydiaelisabethpottery and me put all the works together and photographed them. We then divided the items between us, so that we can showcase a selection each on our sites. It felt a bit weird seeing the items being separated, I wonder why. I think there is a bit of an attachment to this collection. To this story. They are more than physical objects for me, they carry the reeds, that epic wind and endless views of the dijk. Fresh crisp winter air, first warm sunshine of spring, the silence underneath the crisp flutters of leafs on the trees… and the birds that live their life. Like these coots, momma coot on her nest. Dad coot collecting twigs. A moment that I spotted while I was walking with my own family, back to my own nest.

And cmon it’s a well made collection. CMON. One of those collections that will be hard to top. I’m very happy that @lydiaelisabethpottery came up with it!

#ceramics #handpaintedceramics #keramiek #delftsblauw #delftsbluepottery

Only two cups left to paint + a couple smaller versions! Ready for the April 22th launch 👌

This photo was taken at the atelier today, where
@lydiaelisabethpottery and me put all the works together and photographed them. We then divided the items between us, so that we can showcase a selection each on our sites. It felt a bit weird seeing the items being separated, I wonder why. I think there is a bit of an attachment to this collection. To this story. They are more than physical objects for me, they carry the reeds, that epic wind and endless views of the dijk. Fresh crisp winter air, first warm sunshine of spring, the silence underneath the crisp flutters of leafs on the trees… and the birds that live their life. Like these coots, momma coot on her nest. Dad coot collecting twigs. A moment that I spotted while I was walking with my own family, back to my own nest.

And cmon it’s a well made collection. CMON. One of those collections that will be hard to top. I’m very happy that @lydiaelisabethpottery came up with it!

#ceramics #handpaintedceramics #keramiek #delftsblauw #delftsbluepottery

The sun shows herself more and more, little green leaves unfold from pointy branches. The sparrows grow more round each day, they have conversations outside our window.

I love this painting. Each brushstroke is free and carries the scene. None too much, none too may, sometimes you create one of those. When I see her standing in my atelier I nod everytime. Can’t really explain it. It took me a long while to be able to paint like this.

Cup wheelthrown by @lydiaelisabethpottery
We will launch our awaking collecting on April 22th!

#cup #ceramics #delftsblauw #handpaintedceramics #birdillustration

The sun shows herself more and more, little green leaves unfold from pointy branches. The sparrows grow more round each day, they have conversations outside our window.

I love this painting. Each brushstroke is free and carries the scene. None too much, none too may, sometimes you create one of those. When I see her standing in my atelier I nod everytime. Can’t really explain it. It took me a long while to be able to paint like this.

Cup wheelthrown by @lydiaelisabethpottery
We will launch our awaking collecting on April 22th!

#cup #ceramics #delftsblauw #handpaintedceramics #birdillustration

Wees welkom deze meivakantie! Alle info staat op de site, link in bio!

Wees welkom deze meivakantie! Alle info staat op de site, link in bio!

📸 by @lisannejagerphotography
🌸 by @joyce_khanou

At the moment I still feel very much like one with Louise. I’m deeply grateful that, 6 months postpartum, I can still exist a little in this kind of in-between world in my head. Not in that hazy, almost drunken way right after birth, but just enough that I feel generally very content.

And Louise too, she carries that same sense of contentment. And something deeply feminine. Something I now realize I was missing.
Postpartum months feel filled with an intense duality for me. I am a multi layered person, but in these times it magnifies.

On the first day post-partum, I was love drunk, marveling at the tiny toes of this little (not so little) girl I had just birthed. On the other side, I was washing bloody handprints off my body in a sterile bathroom.

In those first weeks, I felt so deep in the layers of life that I almost experienced a kind of clairvoyance. I somehow sensed souls hovering, waiting to be born. And at the same time, I had to relearn how to sleep, because my body went into panic every time I drifted off, ever since the ambulance ride after my hemorrhage.
And then… my doula came, during the worst panic attack of my life, and made me a simple warm drink. Oat milk, chamomile, valerian. That became the turning point. That’s where I learned to sleep again.

In those first months, I felt a peace I had never known before. Real peace. And support. I learned to care for myself, with warmth, with food, with herbs like lady’s mantle and nettle.
And still, in the evenings, anxiety would knock on my door. The realization that life isn’t endless. That I am not immortal, even though I’d love to be. It was the first time that truly landed. But in the morning I woke up with warmth and peace in my body. A reset. I wondered if a post partum depression would come, like it did with Aleksander.

But it didn’t. It fucking didnt.

And slowly, the evening anxiety softened too (only returns when I’ve been a bit too ambitious).

And here we are. Still a little in-between, but less like the drunk first months.
On one side, I’m still very bamboozled.
And on the other, I simply am. I create. I am a mother.

📸 by @lisannejagerphotography
🌸 by @joyce_khanou

At the moment I still feel very much like one with Louise. I’m deeply grateful that, 6 months postpartum, I can still exist a little in this kind of in-between world in my head. Not in that hazy, almost drunken way right after birth, but just enough that I feel generally very content.

And Louise too, she carries that same sense of contentment. And something deeply feminine. Something I now realize I was missing.
Postpartum months feel filled with an intense duality for me. I am a multi layered person, but in these times it magnifies.

On the first day post-partum, I was love drunk, marveling at the tiny toes of this little (not so little) girl I had just birthed. On the other side, I was washing bloody handprints off my body in a sterile bathroom.

In those first weeks, I felt so deep in the layers of life that I almost experienced a kind of clairvoyance. I somehow sensed souls hovering, waiting to be born. And at the same time, I had to relearn how to sleep, because my body went into panic every time I drifted off, ever since the ambulance ride after my hemorrhage.
And then… my doula came, during the worst panic attack of my life, and made me a simple warm drink. Oat milk, chamomile, valerian. That became the turning point. That’s where I learned to sleep again.

In those first months, I felt a peace I had never known before. Real peace. And support. I learned to care for myself, with warmth, with food, with herbs like lady’s mantle and nettle.
And still, in the evenings, anxiety would knock on my door. The realization that life isn’t endless. That I am not immortal, even though I’d love to be. It was the first time that truly landed. But in the morning I woke up with warmth and peace in my body. A reset. I wondered if a post partum depression would come, like it did with Aleksander.

But it didn’t. It fucking didnt.

And slowly, the evening anxiety softened too (only returns when I’ve been a bit too ambitious).

And here we are. Still a little in-between, but less like the drunk first months.
On one side, I’m still very bamboozled.
And on the other, I simply am. I create. I am a mother.

So much work and love ❤️ We are very excited to see the vase being born (she is cooling down in the kiln as we speak)! We are also very eager to show you what weve created in a couple weeks. Were still building and painting and bringing these works - that represent the movement of winter to spring, to life!

Music: Epidemic Sound

#ceramics #birds #delftsblauw #keramiek

So much work and love ❤️ We are very excited to see the vase being born (she is cooling down in the kiln as we speak)! We are also very eager to show you what weve created in a couple weeks. Were still building and painting and bringing these works - that represent the movement of winter to spring, to life!

Music: Epidemic Sound

#ceramics #birds #delftsblauw #keramiek

Hi kippie 🐔
Build by @lydiaelisabethpottery and painted by me (with @botzglazes unidekor). We are launching our awakening collection at April 22th!

This is a kippie that I spotted while staying @hetlagenoorden which I hope to return to somewhere in the future!

#ceramics #ceramicspainting #delftsblauw #delftsblue #keramiek

Hi kippie 🐔
Build by @lydiaelisabethpottery and painted by me (with @botzglazes unidekor). We are launching our awakening collection at April 22th!

This is a kippie that I spotted while staying @hetlagenoorden which I hope to return to somewhere in the future!

#ceramics #ceramicspainting #delftsblauw #delftsblue #keramiek

Lekker kleien aan je eigen tafel tijdens Pasen? Kan gewoon! Ik bezorg het pakket en haal je werk weer op, zodat je lekker op je eigen tempo aan de slag kunt. Alle info kun je vinden in de link in mijn bio! 🐣

Meedoen met een groepje van 4 of meer? Stuur een berichtje en dan krijg je 15% kortings! ✌️☀️

Music by Epidemic Sound - Little Kid, Johannes Bornlof

#groningen #crookedgarden #creatieveworkshop #keramiek #klei

Lekker kleien aan je eigen tafel tijdens Pasen? Kan gewoon! Ik bezorg het pakket en haal je werk weer op, zodat je lekker op je eigen tempo aan de slag kunt. Alle info kun je vinden in de link in mijn bio! 🐣

Meedoen met een groepje van 4 of meer? Stuur een berichtje en dan krijg je 15% kortings! ✌️☀️

Music by Epidemic Sound - Little Kid, Johannes Bornlof

#groningen #crookedgarden #creatieveworkshop #keramiek #klei

Ahhh ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#ceramics #vase #delftsblauw #groningen #friesland

Ahhh ❤️❤️❤️❤️

#ceramics #vase #delftsblauw #groningen #friesland

Je kunt je nog tot 10 maart aanmelden voor de Vrije Vogel aquarel cursus! Link in de bio!

Deze cursus volg je vanuit huis, voor €145,- krijg je een aquarel journey van:

- 5 zondagen lang vanaf 22 maart een uitgebreide les van minstens 1 uur (met bonusmateriaal) in je mail.

- Les in verschillende schildertechnieken, van decoratief, naar restruimte, tekenen vanuit de natuur en alles combineren tot een prachtige uitgebreide illustratie. Ik leer je vogels schilderen zoals ik dat doe!

- Een compleet tekenpakket waarmee je alles van de lessen kan doen (gevuld met mijn favoriete materialen, die ik zelf ook gebruik, waaronder een hoge kwaliteits tube aquarel + handgemaakt keramiek paletje).

- Persoonlijke feedback van een professionele kunstenaar. Ik leer je wat ik leerde op de kunstacademie!

- Optioneel: toegang tot een gezellige appgroep waar we onze werken delen

Van de klanten van de pilot die van start ging in januari hoor ik veelal dat ze nu anders kijken naar de wereld om hun heen, ze zien de penseelstroken in het water en de restruimte om de vogels. Ze hebben zichzelf verbaast, vanaf les 1 en ik ben best wel trots! Wees welkom om mee te doen, en voor vragen ben ik hier!

(Muziek van Epidemic Sound)

#vrijevogel #aquarelcursus #vogel #delftsblauw #schilderen

Je kunt je nog tot 10 maart aanmelden voor de Vrije Vogel aquarel cursus! Link in de bio!

Deze cursus volg je vanuit huis, voor €145,- krijg je een aquarel journey van:

- 5 zondagen lang vanaf 22 maart een uitgebreide les van minstens 1 uur (met bonusmateriaal) in je mail.

- Les in verschillende schildertechnieken, van decoratief, naar restruimte, tekenen vanuit de natuur en alles combineren tot een prachtige uitgebreide illustratie. Ik leer je vogels schilderen zoals ik dat doe!

- Een compleet tekenpakket waarmee je alles van de lessen kan doen (gevuld met mijn favoriete materialen, die ik zelf ook gebruik, waaronder een hoge kwaliteits tube aquarel + handgemaakt keramiek paletje).

- Persoonlijke feedback van een professionele kunstenaar. Ik leer je wat ik leerde op de kunstacademie!

- Optioneel: toegang tot een gezellige appgroep waar we onze werken delen

Van de klanten van de pilot die van start ging in januari hoor ik veelal dat ze nu anders kijken naar de wereld om hun heen, ze zien de penseelstroken in het water en de restruimte om de vogels. Ze hebben zichzelf verbaast, vanaf les 1 en ik ben best wel trots! Wees welkom om mee te doen, en voor vragen ben ik hier!

(Muziek van Epidemic Sound)

#vrijevogel #aquarelcursus #vogel #delftsblauw #schilderen

Meet the beginnings of the AWAKENING collection! Hi spring, @lydiaelisabethpottery and me are ready for you! We are aiming to launch this collection on April 1th ❤️🦆

#awakeningcollection #ceramicscollab #ceramics #handpaintedceramics #birdsdrawing

Meet the beginnings of the AWAKENING collection! Hi spring, @lydiaelisabethpottery and me are ready for you! We are aiming to launch this collection on April 1th ❤️🦆

#awakeningcollection #ceramicscollab #ceramics #handpaintedceramics #birdsdrawing

Krimstermolen ❤️ Handpinched and handpainted ceramic stoneware cup (gift for brother, love how the mill turned out).

#ceramics #pinchpot #groningen #delftsblauw #suggestionpainting

Krimstermolen ❤️ Handpinched and handpainted ceramic stoneware cup (gift for brother, love how the mill turned out).

#ceramics #pinchpot #groningen #delftsblauw #suggestionpainting

It all starts with one stripe ❤️

Finishing up the Vrije Vogel course as we speak. Many many hours of testing, filming and editing have gone into her the past months and it feels like.. a legacy thing? She now exists, I can build upon her further and show and teach how I like to draw, in the way that I’ve developed in all the years since I’ve been drawing.

Weirdly, now that Ive really puzzled out how it is that I actually work, I can create bigger paintings now quite easily. Which is an unexpected nice gift? Iiii like it. Ok end of random thought dump, I need to edit around 1.5 more hours of footage and then she’s complete!

Music by Epidemic Sound

#delftsblauw #watercolor #aquarel #aquarelcursus #tekenen

It all starts with one stripe ❤️

Finishing up the Vrije Vogel course as we speak. Many many hours of testing, filming and editing have gone into her the past months and it feels like.. a legacy thing? She now exists, I can build upon her further and show and teach how I like to draw, in the way that I’ve developed in all the years since I’ve been drawing.

Weirdly, now that Ive really puzzled out how it is that I actually work, I can create bigger paintings now quite easily. Which is an unexpected nice gift? Iiii like it. Ok end of random thought dump, I need to edit around 1.5 more hours of footage and then she’s complete!

Music by Epidemic Sound

#delftsblauw #watercolor #aquarel #aquarelcursus #tekenen

Nothing more, nothing less ❤️

#atelier

Nothing more, nothing less ❤️

#atelier

A small selection of works, that have flown to new homes across Europe ❤️ All created on stoneware clay.

Me and @esther.brinkers.ceramics drove through the province to @kunstcentrum_de_ploeg today and I desperately desire to bike through the fields again and be one with the silence and wind and the birds. Soooon!

#ceramics #suggestionpainting #delftsblauw #delftsblue #tiles

A small selection of works, that have flown to new homes across Europe ❤️ All created on stoneware clay.

Me and @esther.brinkers.ceramics drove through the province to @kunstcentrum_de_ploeg today and I desperately desire to bike through the fields again and be one with the silence and wind and the birds. Soooon!

#ceramics #suggestionpainting #delftsblauw #delftsblue #tiles

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