Small seriesBlue marks · pale glaze · curved handles
Ceramic artist · Rotterdam / Robertson
Rhythms of the day
A cup, a plate, and a bowl
Mark the here and now
I look for elegance in geometry and proportion, while letting the clay and the making show.
Blue Ribbed Bowl · glaze and turning lines
Made slowly in small series and one-offs.
Grounded in Rotterdam, with a continuing connection to the Little Karoo.
01 / Gallery
A growing archive
of useful objects.
Vessels, jars, cups and bowls are made as individual works. Surface, glaze and proportion vary from piece to piece; the gallery will grow with each new release and body of work.
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Process / surface
02 / A material record
Ridge, glaze,
weather.
A mark in clay becomes a place for glaze to gather, thin, change colour and retain the heat of the kiln. The work stays open to that variation.
Read the field note ↘
At the wheel
03 / About Michael
A practice between
places.
As an architect and urban designer, I work with buildings, public spaces and natural systems. Ceramics brings that interest in how we live down to one object: something to hold, use and give a place in a home.
I grew up looking through House and Leisure magazines, fascinated by how the things people choose for their homes reflect who they are. That curiosity still sits behind the pieces I make.
Read the full story →04 / Field Notes
Sketches, tests
and related forms.
A place to follow the work as it develops: from a first sketch to a family of vessels, and from a glaze test to a finished surface.
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05 / Enquiries
Find a work, ask a question,
start a conversation.
Browse my SumUp shop for available pieces, prices and ordering. Each piece is handmade and one of a kind, with its own character. For commissions, studio visits or a question about the work, send me a message on Instagram.
Shop available pieces ↗Carefully packed delivery by post is available from Rotterdam.