Ceramics - Handmade

Handmde ceramic bowl carved blue inside pattern

Bowls

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Handmade ceramics

Nice to meet you! I'm Maaike, and I create modern handmade ceramics with a touch of history, in my studio in the heart of Diever.

At the end of 2019, I threw my very first piece of handmade ceramics on the electric potter's wheel. And I was so proud of those first works! Since then, I've been well and truly bitten by the clay bug.

In 2024, I successfully completed the traditional, three-year Dutch Ceramics Course and the Extra Glazing Year in Gouda.

Of course, I've learned a great deal over the past few years, and I'm still brimming with ideas for new ceramic projects.

Do you want to know more about the process involved in handmade ceramics, about my work, or about me? Feel free to look around my website or contact me.

  • Ceramics, 100% handmade

    Everything you find on this website is handmade ceramics, made by me from start to finish. It once began as a lump of clay and was shaped, fired, glazed, and fired again by me. I throw my work on my electric pottery wheel, usually using glazes I developed myself.

  • Inspiration for your decor

    I love to decorate my work with patterns: openwork or carved into the clay. I draw inspiration from the nature around us, historical patterns, such as the Art Deco period or the prehistoric Funnelbeaker culture from our beautiful Drenthe. I then give it a contemporary twist.

  • Beautiful and functional ceramics

    Of course, my pieces always have to look beautiful, but I also really like it if you can just use them in everyday life. To give your interior that little something extra, to use in the kitchen or to eat or drink from. Unique handmade ceramics to make life a little more beautiful.

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Ceramics: also custom-made for you

I enjoy creating custom-made pieces. Diverse works, a new challenge to take on, a new learning curve to go through. Whether something is meant for yourself, as a gift, or to keep someone's memory alive, I love discussing the wishes together and then creating something suitable from handmade ceramics. Want to know more? Send me an e-mail with your wishes.

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