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Someone asked me to restore a sculpture. As this was done the little guy made me fall in love with him and I decided to study him...

vergeet-me-niet * forget-me-not

Doosje, porseleinen bloemetjes, vilt.

Vandaag heb ik een doosje ontworpen voor 108 vergeet-mij-nietjes van porselein, handgemaakt en handbeschilderd. Voor een heel bijzonder moment...

Today I designed a box for 108 forget-me-nots of porcelain. Handmade and handpainted for a very special occasion...

Coming Sunday, 1001lichtjes Fair!

Zondag van 11 tot 18.00 in de Metaal Kathedraal in de Meern, Utrecht.

new rakukiln

Yesterday I tried out my new small Raku-kiln. In order to give demonstrations on Raku I built a kiln that can travel with me in my car... So now I have a complete set for smaller sculptures to drive around in NL. Next is the interesting issue of the optimal firing of this new pal!

Spooning

Small woodcarving sculpture made in Norway, a few weeks ago...

Firing Raku, ready to go...

The third firing is outside. I heat the portraits up to 1000 degrees and take them out of this kiln. I wait until I hear the glaze crack, a tingle. Then I put them in the bin. I close the bin (later, to prevent lots of smoke bothering the neighbours with a wet cloth around) and let them sit there for a while. The smoke gets in the places without glaze, the back, and also the cracks in the glaze...