{"id":24668,"date":"2020-05-21T10:21:35","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T08:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.studiokeramiek.be\/over-ons\/"},"modified":"2023-11-28T10:39:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T09:39:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.studiokeramiek.be\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span>About Nora<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 25px !important;\">&#8220;Creating something with your hands from wet clay brought out the&nbsp;<\/span><span><span data-svg-config=\"{&quot;animationCount&quot;:1,&quot;animationDuration&quot;:1,&quot;animationDelay&quot;:1,&quot;strokeWidth&quot;:5}\" data-tcb-highlight-animation=\"viewport_once\" data-text-highlight=\"divergent\">child&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 25px !important;\">in me&#8230;<\/span><\/h1>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left; color: var(--tcb-color-0) !important; --tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-0) !important;\">A potter in the south of France once planted the seed&#8230; creating something with your hands from wet clay seemed amazing to me; it brought out the child in me. My first pottery class must have been around 2003.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">I never expected that ceramics would play such an important role in my life. After a few years, I became so obsessed with it that I wanted to know and learn everything related to clay. I enrolled in a five-year course at the Institute for Arts and Crafts (IKA) in Mechelen, became addicted to YouTube and Instagram, and took additional courses wherever I could.<\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22482\" width=\"381\" data-init-width=\"1024\" height=\"305\" data-init-height=\"819\" title=\"DSC_2436-Verbeterd-NR\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studiokeramiek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC_2436-Verbeterd-NR.jpg\" data-width=\"381\" data-height=\"305\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 1024 \/ 819;\"><\/span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"22485\" width=\"409\" data-init-width=\"731\" height=\"573\" data-init-height=\"1024\" title=\"DSC_3703-Verbeterd-NR\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studiokeramiek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DSC_3703-Verbeterd-NR.jpg\" data-width=\"409\" data-height=\"573\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 731 \/ 1024;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"\">Looking for more&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0) !important; --tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-0) !important;\">It quickly became apparent that the more I knew, the more I felt that I knew nothing. It simply wasn&#8217;t possible to be knowledgeable about all the building, handbuilding, and throwing techniques, all possible firing techniques, decoration techniques, and types of clay. And glazes&#8230; that&#8217;s yet another topic all together.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0) !important; --tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-0) !important;\">Moreover, it seemed like the knowledge of the ceramics craft was disappearing along with a small group of remaining &#8216;potters&#8217; in Belgium. This led me to foreign masters and teachers, and it became my goal to boost the knowledge about the ceramics craft in my home country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: var(--tcb-color-0) !important; --tcb-applied-color: var$(--tcb-color-0) !important;\">I organized my first masterclasses in 2014, and I haven&#8217;t stopped since. Every summer, I welcome teachers and students to my own garden, and meanwhile, online courses have become indispensable.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Is it a hype?<\/h3>\n<p>In recent years, ceramics has truly been booming, and many talk about a &#8216;hype&#8217;. I am firmly convinced, however,&nbsp; that it will not turn out to be a mere trend but a genuine resurgence of a fantastic medium in which many will find themselves. Even the younger generations are increasingly finding their way into this fantastic craft. (Technically, I am GenX, but my kids call me a Boomer.) My first goal is to provide them with all possible techniques, but on top of that, I also want to teach them how to express themselves in clay and even how to pursue it professionally.<\/p>\n<p>I am thrilled when I can give someone these&nbsp; small &#8216;aha&#8217; moments or that one, crucial, push, and in the meantime, I am still (re)discovering my own path.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"--tcb-text-highlight-color: rgb(233, 203, 134) !important;\" data-text-highlight=\"wavy-2\" data-tcb-highlight-animation=\"viewport_once\" data-svg-config=\"{&quot;animationCount&quot;:1,&quot;animationDuration&quot;:1,&quot;animationDelay&quot;:1,&quot;strokeWidth&quot;:&quot;3&quot;}\">Isn&#8217;t clay amazing!?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"20709\" width=\"294\" data-init-width=\"721\" height=\"417\" data-init-height=\"1024\" title=\"blijmetdevaas\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.studiokeramiek.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/blijmetdevaas-.png\" data-width=\"294\" data-height=\"417\" style=\"aspect-ratio: auto 721 \/ 1024;\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Nora&#8220;Creating something with your hands from wet clay brought out the&nbsp;child&nbsp;in me&#8230; A potter in the south of France once planted the seed&#8230; creating something with your hands from wet clay seemed amazing to me; it brought out the child in me. 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