Jolanda about her ceramics

The beauty of imperfection.

Sometimes I find a shard in the ground or some other object affected by sand and water. Rusted, discolored. I really like that atmosphere, that imperfection. I immediately wonder: where does it come from? How old is it?

You can find some photos in 'inspiration'

I want that atmosphere to be reflected in my work. In my search for suitable firing techniques I ended up with saggar firing. I can influence this firing technique, but not control it. The imperfection can be seen in the random patterns and colors.

In recent work I break the pieces after the bisque fire and fire them separatly in the saggar. After the saggar fire I put them back together. This creates random patterns.