| Introduction |
Hi, I’m Judith. I live and create ceramics in Mill Valley, California. I’m originally from the Netherlands and have a background in design. I started my home studio in 2015, only one year after discovering clay. I love all aspects of clay, but am particularly interested in surface design/ any way to get an image onto clay.
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| What I Love about Ceramics |
The never ending possibilities!
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| How I started with ceramics |
If you ask my daughter, she’ll tell you she’s the reason I got into ceramics. For her 8th birthday she wanted to have a pottery party, so I went looking for a studio nearby that could host such a thing. I found the Mill Valley Potters Studio and we held the party there. While the girls were building the cutest birdhouses you’d ever seen, I explored the studio and looked at all the ceramics made by students of various classes and signed myself up. Shortly after I was literally dreaming ceramics, the clays, the glazes, the different ways to create imagery and textures. I saw never ending possibilities!
About a year later I started my own home studio and started figuring out what I wanted to be making and finding my style. During this exploration phase I applied to a local juried Art Show and was accepted, which forced me to choose a more focussed direction in my creations for the show. I choose my favorite looks and buckled down. I ended up receiving one of ‘Best of Show’ awards and a ton of positive feedback. This was the last bit of confirmation and a huge confidence boost for me to keep pursuing this ceramic dream.
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| What inspires me |
My inspiration mostly comes from geometrics and elements in nature. One piece inspires the next, I like creating different variations on a design, making each piece unique on its own and harmonious in a group. This way I create items that can go together without being the same.
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| What I'm working on at the moment |
I’m working on developing a more sculptural series, still based on wheel thrown parts.
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