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My Ceramics

In the studio I like to do	Handbuilding, Throwing on the Wheel
Clay body	Earthenware, Stoneware
Clay Brand	It's a red clay, from Germany and called CS770 in the Swedish company Cebex
Kiln Type	Electric Kiln
Kiln Atmosphere	Oxidation Atmosphere
Temperature	1250 ° celcius
Glaze	Mostly white and black glaze, that I by from the pottery supply. I also do my own glazes. I do ash-glazes, and glazes with “earthcoulers”.
You can buy my work from	Soon I have my own webbshop . But so far you can contact me om my FB : Westgötha Gård, and Instagram stroem.helena Helena Stroem

Introduction	HI my name is Helena Stroem, and I live in Göteborg in Sweden. I do mostly consumer goods. The iciest way is to just check my Instagram : stroem.helena I love the nature, and old fashioned type of pottery. And I gladly mix them together
What I Love about Ceramics	I love to do things that you can use! There is something with the chance to create , and leave a small pease of joy in everything….and a small pease of you… I love to make people happy with my pottery
How I started with ceramics	I started when my kids were so big that I could hire a nanny for a few hour a week. I just needed to do something for my self!
What inspires me	I get inspired from another pease of pottery, something from YouTube, the nature, something I see that is really old …..or just something I pick up from this, ceramic. school
What I'm working on at the moment	My webbshop …
My Artist Statement	I think that is the summation of what I have been writing in this answers
My CV	My best CV is my own Christmas fair. I have open house at my small farm every 2.nd advent. During the weekend, Saturday and Sunday I have about 1000 people visiting my home, and shop my pottery! It has been growing during the years, and people are starting to ask about the fair already in sept-okt. !