I paint cobalt on tin-glazed earthenware and have fired roughly 4,200 pieces over 12 years, from tulip vases to full 60-plate dinner services. My studio on the Oude Kerkstraat runs 2 kilns and takes about 30 commissions a year. I still count a kiln opening as the best 5 minutes of any week.
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Independent Ceramic Artist
Atelier Blauwe Tulp, Delft
2018 – present
- Produce and hand-paint about 350 pieces a year; commission waitlist has held at 3 to 4 months since 2022.
- Completed a 60-piece dinner service for the Hotel De Windroos, delivered in 3 firings with 2 rejects total.
- Teach 8-week cobalt painting courses twice a year; 96 students taught, 11 now sell their own work.
Senior Painter, Decoration Studio
Plateelbakkerij Van Aken, Delft
2013 – 2018
- Painted 15 to 20 plates a day in the traditional trek and stippling techniques; second-quality rate under 4%.
- Reconstructed 3 discontinued 19th-century border patterns from archive shards for the reissue line.
- Trained 5 junior painters through the studio's 2-year apprenticeship track.
Apprentice Thrower and Painter
Keramiekhuis Sluijter, Gouda
2010 – 2013
- Threw 40 to 60 blanks a week and prepared tin glazes in batches of 25 liters.
- Passed the guild journeyman examination in 2013 with a 9-piece test service.
- Cobalt brushwork, trek line ✿✿✿✿✿
- Tin-glaze chemistry ✿✿✿✿✿
- Wheel throwing ✿✿✿✿
- Kiln firing, 980 to 1060 °C ✿✿✿✿
- Pattern reconstruction ✿✿✿✿
- Restoration retouching ✿✿✿
BA Ceramic Design
Rietveldt Academie voor Ambacht, Utrecht
2006 – 2010 · thesis on 17th-century border grammars
Journeyman Certificate, Plateelschilder
Gilde van Sint Lucas, Gouda
2013
Glaze Chemistry Short Course
Instituut Keramische Materialen, Arnhem
2016 · 120 hours
Exhibitions & Commissions
2025Blauw op Wit, Galerie Het Scherfje, Delft · solo, 34 pieces, 28 sold
2023New Delftware Now, Museum De Ovenkamer, Rotterdam · group show, 6 tulip pyramids
2021Commissioned 1.8 m tile tableau for the town hall of Schipluiden, 144 tiles
2019Jonge Meesters, Keramiekweek Gouda · audience prize