Kort maar Prachtig - 5 t/m 19 March - Hilversum

Finally our first event of 2014.
"Kort maar Prachtig" - in Hilversum (The Netherlands).

Kort maar prachtig is a lovely foundation for the creative people.
 They look arround in big cities for empty A-location shop spaces that will be filled as
a pop-up shop for 1 or 2 weeks at a time. They do this a couple of times a year in different cities.

And these two weeks we are a part of this great foundation.
Here is our booth :)

We will post some more on the blog in the next days.
And if you would like to follow "Kort maar Prachtig" here you see them on Facebook.

A work week in Instagram style pics....

We also have an Instagram account if you like you can follow s over there.... :)

Marylin Monroe on ceramics :)

Once a beauty....always a beauty....
The many pictures that are made of her wauwie...

She is the first famous person that i have put on my ceramics and ohhhh what
a joy when this little espresso cup came out of the kiln.









Marilyn Monroe with
bedroom eyes...
Hope to have more
colors and sizes soon.

But here is the link to this little cup...

Purple Ceramics...

Today unloading a kiln with all kinds of lilac, purple & mauve ceramics.
I'm a green lover but i think purple is a lovely mysterious color between red and blue.
When you search at Pinterest for purple i love the pictures that are shown as this one...

For credits please 
check out one of 
my pinterest boards:
Collages on my site


















I also was working without really realizing with lotes of shades of purple and lilacs.
From slipcasting, handthrown cups in combination with grey and Marylin Monroe.

Here are some slipcasted
thin porcelain cups in all
kind of shades of purple 
from my "Solid color"
collection.
And a link listing in our 
webshop...

And here are some 
just created items in lilacs.
The two grey stoneware
cups are also available online






















If you would like to see some other colors please let me know and i will show :)

NEW stuff!!

Hello all,

While i had a lot of pain on my hands due to my eczema...what i have for many years since i was 2
but i cannot remember it was this bad :( i have worked a little on the webshop again.
Listing new stuff like yarnbowls in pastel orange and some new online design of my porcelain jewelry.
Want to create again but it feels like i have fall into a sleep - a comfort one but still sleeeepy.
My hands are getting better with ups and downs....but clay does a good thing on that!!
Hope to get some work done in the next couple of days, throwing, glazing,kiln filling and such.

Next i'm off to have a good night of sleep....
And hopefully i have a productive day tomorrow in the workshop with ,throwing, glazing, decorating
and more of "hands in the clay" technics....looking forward to it and i hope i can realize my toughts.

Good night and a lot of creative dreams, Suus

Mini holiday with my love....Part 1

Jip working my but of and liking it!!
We will be on a short holiday from 21 to 26 of july.

I had some costum orders to finish before leaving.
From soup terrines to bridal gifts...

Here is an impression of what i was working on the past few.....days i think :)

Ristretto/espresso cups especially made for Restaurant Eendracht.
in all kinds of high fire stoneware clays - a lovely natural palette of colors.

Porcelain big buttons for some funky caps....
Idea from a good friend - Niels Hendriks with a nice Borte logo a wolf!!

To go with some soup bowl i have costum made a soup terrine...two sizes so the costumer can choose the best fit :)

All handmade with love....

Dutch design handmade in holland :)

Libelle Blos and herbsticks go well together!!

Yesterday we've got mail - in an enveloppe and in there was the new Libelle Blos Magazine....
And they send it to us because we are in that magazine.....sooooooooooo nice.

With our herbsticks....but ofcourse lots more on the website

And here is a dutch link to the herbsticks!! :) - and here the link in english.....

Restaurant Mevrouw Meijer - Rotterdam

Jip!!

Also ceramic tableware made by Suus notenboom (Noot) is used at Restaurant Mevrouw Meijer
in Rotterdam Noord.....i will say what you get nearby from neighbours is good!!

There is no website but it is highly reconmended to have a diner there.......yummie.
Here is a Facebook link

www.potter.cm

A great new site for ceramic artist....
You can make a account and show and share your work - love it.
And what a beautiful creations you see here.
Also there is a ranking by day, week and month - to see what is most viewed.
If you are a ceramic fan or artist just have a look!!

Also a facebook page is available to check out!!

Spotlight - All about Black & White!!

A new Spotlight is made....
And this time all about the black & White products we have in our shop.
To top it off with a nice collage.

Swarte Noot's spotlight - Black and white.

You can click here to see our listed products in this catagorie....

An other ceramic addiction!!

Okee - i'm going overboard with my plaster molds.....
Making a new collection of flat dishes in my "Solid color" style.
A very simple basic design (many designers use this shape) - it is a sweet one.

Here are some pics of the work in progress in my workspace.
The dishes are greenware freshly scrapped and sponged clean to be bisc fired.

They look really pastel colored and i love this - i will be working on that but these
sweeties will be rather colored after there second high fire....
Soon you will see...i hope :)

Dutch design made in Holland!!

And i'm proud of it..... :)

That is strange!!

I opened up the kiln the other day.....and look what a strange thing had happen!!
I don't have a lot of broken ceramics in my ceramic artist life - but this was a strange one.

I tried to figure out what had happen but my brain could not find any reason.....
The other bowls made of the same stoneware clays and shape turned out the way they supposed to be.
In ceramics there will be always suprises lurking around the corner.....oh well keeps it intriguing.... :)

An instagram serie....

I'm getting a bit hooked over here...
Yes to instagram - for a ceramic artis it is wonderful to explore.
And i'm going to post some pics i find there in kind of a serie.

First serie - Randomly:
A nice cup of tea in a cracled glaze cup.

Convers sneaker collage....

Today i had a walk from Rotterdam CS station and saw some nice items to make 

some pictures and this was one of them - many locks on a door three i have captured

 in the picture but there were two more!!

Collaborations in ceramics and illustrations.

Yeh a new page is made on our website and it is all about collaborations between the ceramic artist
and various 2D artist as illustrators, poets etc.
A line of ceramic products mostly tableware and jewelry with sepia toner decals fired into them.
Here you see an example and there is more to see when you click on the picture...

Hope you like and in the future we are going to work on costume orders.
Like to see your girl or boy friend on a mug :)

Lovely bowl - made and sold.....

It was a little experiment with a slip casted thin porcelain bowl with iron oxide etching.
Had a short stay in the shop....under a week.
Always a lovely compliment when a new experimental item is sold right away.
And i'm putting it on the blog as a reminder to make some more!

Trimming ceramics day!!

After throwing a lot.....yes a lot of cups for a big order in progress (will tell you more later).
I started trimming like a mad woman!!

Making about 150 "Rock cups" in espresso and cafe size in 12 different clays....whoeha.
I have thrown twelve kind of clays in two days. From the smooth and softness of porcelain to
heavely grogged brown as chocolate clays....
All trimmings will be reclaimed and recycled to make some more ;)

In the air!!

A lot has to be done.....but we have opened our online doors for you.
20 March 2013 we started off with a lovely webshop.
We are working on filling the shop with sweetness, modern, retro, handmade,
vintage, art, ceramics, design & personality!!
Would you like to receive more info....
We have opened a facebook fan page to get updates.
And you can subscribe to our webshop newsletter here for english and
here for dutch - in both cases just scroll down and you will find the subscribe on the left!!

Starting small but with light and love we will grow!! :)