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Christina's Crooked Garden

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the world of Crooked Garden

Handbuild ceramic creations made with feeling, by Christina Kingma

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AGENDA

Zaterdag 19 september 10:00 Kuiken atelier (met special guest Britt Gerdes

Zondag 20 september: werk inbreng/ophaal bakservice

Donderdag 24 september 19:00: Coq au vin (de volwassen
versie van het kuiken atelier waarbij we een naaktmodel
gaan schilderen.) Kosten: €45,- incl materiaal en begeleiding
waar gewenst (ik doe echter zelf ook mee).
VOL!
Meedoen > info@crooked-garden.com

Zaterdag 3 oktober: Beestjes (en huisjes of een kopje) keramiek beschilderen! Leuk voor jong en oud!

Oktober: De maand van de KLEI VOELERIJ! Een mini thuiscursus van drie lessen waarbij je drie soorten klei gaat voelen. En je gaat er mee maken natuurlijk!
Dit is tevens de paddenstoelen maand!
Aanmelden kan t/m 1 oktober.

Link in bio!

Je ziet ze tegenwoordig wel meer, van die keramiek beschilder cafés! De items die daar worden beschilderd worden vaak in grote getallen ingekocht, dus hoe leuk is het om nu eens een beestjes beschilder keramiek ochtend te organiseren waarbij wat je beschilderd heel erg handgemaakt door mij is, en waar maar een paar van zijn! En ja er is een krokodil! Leuk voor jong en oud <3

Datum: zaterdag 3 oktober

Tijd: 10:00 (bij een huisje ben je sneller klaar dan met de krokodil, lastig in te schatten hoe lang je bezig bent. De een zal 15 minuten bezig zijn en de ander een uur)

Locatie: Crooked Garden atelier, industrieweg 4 in Bedum.

Link in bio!

Je ziet ze tegenwoordig wel meer, van die keramiek beschilder cafés! De items die daar worden beschilderd worden vaak in grote getallen ingekocht, dus hoe leuk is het om nu eens een beestjes beschilder keramiek ochtend te organiseren waarbij wat je beschilderd heel erg handgemaakt door mij is, en waar maar een paar van zijn! En ja er is een krokodil! Leuk voor jong en oud <3

Datum: zaterdag 3 oktober

Tijd: 10:00 (bij een huisje ben je sneller klaar dan met de krokodil, lastig in te schatten hoe lang je bezig bent. De een zal 15 minuten bezig zijn en de ander een uur)

Locatie: Crooked Garden atelier, industrieweg 4 in Bedum.

Available at @kovvie.tenboer starting tomorrow! An extra excuse to taste a tasty coffee there 👍🤝 Each little house is unique and will be available for €14,50 a piece

#huisjes #keramiekhuis #keramiek #ceramicvillage #whimsicalceramics

Available at @kovvie.tenboer starting tomorrow! An extra excuse to taste a tasty coffee there 👍🤝 Each little house is unique and will be available for €14,50 a piece

#huisjes #keramiekhuis #keramiek #ceramicvillage #whimsicalceramics

De nieuwste keramiek thuisworkshop staat online, ditmaal een drie les versie! Dan kun je er echt induiken, ontdekken en maken. Kaarsje aan en gaan - vanuit je eigen stoel, want je krijgt het klei pakket thuis!

Je leert te werken met: aardewerk, steengoed en porselein klei (dus elke les een nieuwe klei om te ontdekken). Je gaat de klei voelen (en dus even minder je telefoon voelen) en daarna iets van de klei maken wat je in het dagelijkse leven kunt gebruiken. Van echte klei, die ik later voor je afbak en glazuur.

Deze cursus is leuk voor jong en oud EN deelbaar want in elk pakket zit genoeg materiaal om twee items te maken per klei. Ik begeleid je, je hoeft niet vooraf kennis te hebben.

Kosten: €95,- pp
Incl: videolessen en kleipakket met boetseerschijf en tools. Plus afbakken en glazuur. Een compleet pakket dus!

Inschrijven kan t/m 1 oktober, daarna doe ik de bestellingen!

Have fun en voor vragen ben ik hier! Meer info op de site (link in bio).

De nieuwste keramiek thuisworkshop staat online, ditmaal een drie les versie! Dan kun je er echt induiken, ontdekken en maken. Kaarsje aan en gaan - vanuit je eigen stoel, want je krijgt het klei pakket thuis!

Je leert te werken met: aardewerk, steengoed en porselein klei (dus elke les een nieuwe klei om te ontdekken). Je gaat de klei voelen (en dus even minder je telefoon voelen) en daarna iets van de klei maken wat je in het dagelijkse leven kunt gebruiken. Van echte klei, die ik later voor je afbak en glazuur.

Deze cursus is leuk voor jong en oud EN deelbaar want in elk pakket zit genoeg materiaal om twee items te maken per klei. Ik begeleid je, je hoeft niet vooraf kennis te hebben.

Kosten: €95,- pp
Incl: videolessen en kleipakket met boetseerschijf en tools. Plus afbakken en glazuur. Een compleet pakket dus!

Inschrijven kan t/m 1 oktober, daarna doe ik de bestellingen!

Have fun en voor vragen ben ik hier! Meer info op de site (link in bio).

Two months of work and the city part of Aleksander Town is done - allmost! A couple items need to be baked and finished, but we do have the base of five streets!!!! Now we will slowly move into nature and this week I’ll see if I can make the train ride on his wheels ❤️🎡🤝

This is also the last internship week of Pia. I really hope she had a good time. She was an important part in kickstarting this ceramic world (same goes for @culifer_ ) 🌸

#2danimation #ceramiccity #ceramicarts #aleksandertown #kinderanimatie

Two months of work and the city part of Aleksander Town is done - allmost! A couple items need to be baked and finished, but we do have the base of five streets!!!! Now we will slowly move into nature and this week I’ll see if I can make the train ride on his wheels ❤️�🎡🤝

This is also the last internship week of Pia. I really hope she had a good time. She was an important part in kickstarting this ceramic world (same goes for @culifer_ ) 🌸

#2danimation #ceramiccity #ceramicarts #aleksandertown #kinderanimatie

Er landde recent iets in mijn gedachten. Het ging zitten in de vrije ruimte die net tot stand was gekomen door een fietstocht. Een idee voor een mini cursus. Zoiets onstaat vaak vanuit een eigen behoefte - ditmaal om meer van die smakelijke rust in mijn hoofd te voelen. Iets wat uitnodigd om offline te zijn, voor een paar uurtjes!

Een klei proeverij - maar dan voelerij. Een reeks van drie lessen in oktober, waarbij ik klanten uitnodig om verschillende types klei te voelen (en om er natuurlijk iets van te maken). Aardewerk, steengoed en porselein.

Waarom had ik daar nog niet eerder aan gedacht? En dat je dat lekker vanuit huis kan doen?

Daarom breng ik deze drie les cursus tot leven, waarbij je mag VOELEN. Drie types klei, drie weken in oktober. Kosten: €95,- inclusief kleipakket en afbakken (plus ik glazuur je werken voor je). I like en ik hoop you like! Dit is zon type cursus die ik zelf ook zou willen volgen.

Alle info in de link in mijn bio!

Er landde recent iets in mijn gedachten. Het ging zitten in de vrije ruimte die net tot stand was gekomen door een fietstocht. Een idee voor een mini cursus. Zoiets onstaat vaak vanuit een eigen behoefte - ditmaal om meer van die smakelijke rust in mijn hoofd te voelen. Iets wat uitnodigd om offline te zijn, voor een paar uurtjes!

Een klei proeverij - maar dan voelerij. Een reeks van drie lessen in oktober, waarbij ik klanten uitnodig om verschillende types klei te voelen (en om er natuurlijk iets van te maken). Aardewerk, steengoed en porselein.

Waarom had ik daar nog niet eerder aan gedacht? En dat je dat lekker vanuit huis kan doen?

Daarom breng ik deze drie les cursus tot leven, waarbij je mag VOELEN. Drie types klei, drie weken in oktober. Kosten: €95,- inclusief kleipakket en afbakken (plus ik glazuur je werken voor je). I like en ik hoop you like! Dit is zon type cursus die ik zelf ook zou willen volgen.

Alle info in de link in mijn bio!

The beginnings of Aleksander Town ❤️ We are a long way with finishing the city. Allmost everything has been build (except for the train tracks, a very important part that I have been slightly delaying and the train) and is in various stages of waiting to be baked. Many hands have been helping out and its quite an odd feeling to have burned through summer so fast. I feel the mornings getting colder and look forward to the filming and animation part of this world. But first: the track through nature and the village! Still a lot to do, but this is a nice mark in time 🎡🌞

An especially big shout out to the hands of @se0_kyung and @culifer_ who have working through the summer on this world!

#aleksandertown #2danimation #ceramics #claytown #kinderanimatie

The beginnings of Aleksander Town ❤️ We are a long way with finishing the city. Allmost everything has been build (except for the train tracks, a very important part that I have been slightly delaying and the train) and is in various stages of waiting to be baked. Many hands have been helping out and its quite an odd feeling to have burned through summer so fast. I feel the mornings getting colder and look forward to the filming and animation part of this world. But first: the track through nature and the village! Still a lot to do, but this is a nice mark in time 🎡🌞

An especially big shout out to the hands of @se0_kyung and @culifer_ who have working through the summer on this world!

#aleksandertown #2danimation #ceramics #claytown #kinderanimatie

Wanneer: zaterdag 15 augustus
Tijd: 10:00 - 11:00
Leeftijd: 2-5 jaar
Wat gaan we doen: een canvas beschilderen en een groot werk samen! Als je wilt natuurlijk. Er zijn ook treintjes om mee te spelen in het atelier, of een kleirplaat.
Kosten: €15,- per kind
Locatie: industrieweg 4 Bedum

Wanneer: zaterdag 15 augustus
Tijd: 10:00 - 11:00
Leeftijd: 2-5 jaar
Wat gaan we doen: een canvas beschilderen en een groot werk samen! Als je wilt natuurlijk. Er zijn ook treintjes om mee te spelen in het atelier, of een kleirplaat.
Kosten: €15,- per kind
Locatie: industrieweg 4 Bedum

The yunomi cup testing continues! Love these as bowls, thats for sure 👌

#handpaintedpottery #ceramics #handbeschilderdekeramiek #botz #underglaze

The yunomi cup testing continues! Love these as bowls, thats for sure 👌

#handpaintedpottery #ceramics #handbeschilderdekeramiek #botz #underglaze

I have been enjoying many delicious clay hours lately.

With clay there are infinite options to explore. Which is a nice thing to pause and ponder about, when you hold a big chunk in your hands. What will be born today?

#ceramics #creator #atelier #keramiek #paintedpottery

I have been enjoying many delicious clay hours lately.

With clay there are infinite options to explore. Which is a nice thing to pause and ponder about, when you hold a big chunk in your hands. What will be born today?

#ceramics #creator #atelier #keramiek #paintedpottery

A little personal story! I guess that conflicts happen every now and then, but this particular one had triggered something old in me. Sharing a building with people that do not share your values is.. ehh.. I guess the price I pay for an affordable atelier close to home (thankfully it also has kind persons, and after an intense 1 hour talk the conflict was ‘resolved’ but hot shit never forget. It completely changed my perspective on a couple folks that desire that off the grid life but carry this angry darkness inside. I have seriously considered moving ateliers, but then realized that conflicts are everywhere and that I cant be friends with everyone. I hate these lessons.)

This warden was created amongst dear mother friends (of my smut bookclub hehe) who cleaned the space with me physically and energetically. That might sound a bit floaty, but the atelier space is a sacred space for me. It’s not just a room, it’s a place where sensitive works are born that have a story to tell and thats something to honor and protect. In order to create from beneath your layers, you need a safe space to do so.

I’m a big believer of the power of creativity and everything that it can move, process and heal.

And so, a dragon warden was born.

#dragon #ceramics #ceramicdragon #sculpture #atelier

A little personal story! I guess that conflicts happen every now and then, but this particular one had triggered something old in me. Sharing a building with people that do not share your values is.. ehh.. I guess the price I pay for an affordable atelier close to home (thankfully it also has kind persons, and after an intense 1 hour talk the conflict was ‘resolved’ but hot shit never forget. It completely changed my perspective on a couple folks that desire that off the grid life but carry this angry darkness inside. I have seriously considered moving ateliers, but then realized that conflicts are everywhere and that I cant be friends with everyone. I hate these lessons.)

This warden was created amongst dear mother friends (of my smut bookclub hehe) who cleaned the space with me physically and energetically. That might sound a bit floaty, but the atelier space is a sacred space for me. It’s not just a room, it’s a place where sensitive works are born that have a story to tell and thats something to honor and protect. In order to create from beneath your layers, you need a safe space to do so.

I’m a big believer of the power of creativity and everything that it can move, process and heal.

And so, a dragon warden was born.

#dragon #ceramics #ceramicdragon #sculpture #atelier

This whole summer is an Aleksander Town summer for Crooked Garden! I am remaking an animation for young kids - with a little train that moves through a city, nature and a village, that I made two years ago. I really want to give it a decent go, stretch my creative wings and see what I can pull off in 3 months time.

HUGE thanks to the Kunstraad by funding this project!!

I wouldnt get far alone, so I’m very glad and thankfull for my Minerva interns @culifer_ and @se0_kyung this summer. And for the many extra hands that are offerjng help.

The centre of the concept is my 4 year old Aleksander, who is actively participating in the process. My heart is full when I type this, because this is the best summer that I’ve experienced in my whole life. I am eating it up with my heart and soul ❤️

#city #aleksandertown #ceramiccity #ceramics #prikkelarmetv

This whole summer is an Aleksander Town summer for Crooked Garden! I am remaking an animation for young kids - with a little train that moves through a city, nature and a village, that I made two years ago. I really want to give it a decent go, stretch my creative wings and see what I can pull off in 3 months time.

HUGE thanks to the Kunstraad by funding this project!!

I wouldnt get far alone, so I’m very glad and thankfull for my Minerva interns @culifer_ and @se0_kyung this summer. And for the many extra hands that are offerjng help.

The centre of the concept is my 4 year old Aleksander, who is actively participating in the process. My heart is full when I type this, because this is the best summer that I’ve experienced in my whole life. I am eating it up with my heart and soul ❤️

#city #aleksandertown #ceramiccity #ceramics #prikkelarmetv

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!

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