Details
| First Name | Helena |
| Last Name | Stroem |
| Nickname | Westgothagard |
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 |
About Me
| Introduction | HI my name is Helena Stroem, and I live in Göteborg in Sweden. |
| 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. ! |
