about me and my ceramics


Welcome to my shop filled with ceramics made in my tiny pottery studio in the back yard.
My name is Karlijn and I've been a potter (or ceramics artist) for about 5 years. Some things you could like to know:

  • All my ceramics are made by hand, this means my pots and jars are not perfect. I love seeing the marks of the maker and the imperfection of the glaze.
  • Because every piece is hand made they will vary in size, color and shape.
  • The cups are thrown on the wheel and the moon jars are hand build and wheel thrown, chawans and the boxes are hand build.

I hope you love these perfectly imperfect ceramics as much as I do.

 

 

Most of my pieces are influenced by the Korean band BTS.

  • Their message, lyrics, wordplay and style keep inspired me to experiment with form, color and textures.
  • Early 2020 I stared making ceramics and simultaneously fell into the k-pop rabbit hole. After a few months of working with clay I ran out of inspiration. I didn’t want to make another cup and “just” put a nice glaze on it. Watching BTS’s Blood Sweat & Tears music video touched a creative nerve and was the real start of creative journey. 
  • Of course you do not need to like BTS to like my ceramics. But if you don’t know them, please look them up.

BTS keeps inspiring me and helped my find my artistic voice.

 

 

Making ceramics is not super eco friendly, but I try my best to makes them as low waste as possible. And if you love and care for my pieces they are super durable.

  • My ceramics are made of clay and fired to stoneware at 1220 degrees Celsius in an electric kiln. I never bisque fire my pots but raw fire them to save energy and because I’m lazy and impatient.
  • Like most potters I reclaim my clay and use the reclaim for new pieces. And I clean my brushed in a " glaze bucket" to separate glaze waste water for recycling.
  • My packaging is recycled from packages I've received and new packaging is as eco friendly as possible.

My stoneware cups can be put in the dish washer or oven. But they love it even more if you wash them by hand, that only takes 30 seconds and they will last longer.
You can follow my ceramics journey on instagram: @mogera_ceramics or join my newsletter to be the first to be informed about new drops.

I learned ceramics by getting lessons and doing workshops. Below my ceramics education: 

  • 4 day masterclass Korean Wheel Throwing and buncheong decorating by Kwak Kyung Tae @ Clay to Plate in Utrecht
  • handbuilding lessons by Jennifer Scholl at BAM ceramics in Utrecht 
  • 3 day intro into throwing at Studio Pansa in Amsterdam
  • throwing lessons by Kees Agterberg at Studio Kiu in Utrecht
  • 2 days basics glaze chemistry at Amsterdams Kleibedrijf in Amsterdam
  • 2 days making found / natural glazes by Carla Zegers in Zaandam
  • 1 day saggar fire by Jolanda van de Grint in Tilburg
  • 1 day pottery forms by Jeff Rottman at Pottenbakster in Tilburg
  • 10 day online workshops Women in Clay by Gasworks NYC (based in New York), sessions that stuck were by Shikha Joshi, Adero Kai and Joanne Seong Weon Lee 
  • 3 day online workshop chawan history, building and decorating by Akira Satake