studio
Amsterdam, 2024
Koen Jan Piet
ceramicist
Working from a studio in the Pijp, Amsterdam since 2018. Each object begins as a response to a specific room — its light, its scale, the weight of what else is already in it. The work is made by hand, fired in a kiln, and finished in small batches. Nothing is produced twice.
the process
material
Local clay,
long preparation
The clay comes from two sources in the Netherlands, blended for a body that holds detail without becoming fragile. Each batch is wedged by hand — a process that takes longer than it appears necessary, and matters more than it looks.
forming
Thrown, built,
or assembled
Lamps are built in layers or slabs and pressed into a form that feels right. Murals are hand-sculpted, tile by tile, into a form built specifically for the commission. Sculptures combine both methods. Nothing is cast.
glaze & fire
Once in the kiln,
no two come out the same
Glazes are mixed in the studio from raw materials. Firing takes fourteen hours at 1100°C. The surface you receive depends on where in the kiln the piece sat, how the temperature moved, what was fired alongside it. This is not a flaw. It is the beauty of imperfect materials, and the reason each object is unique.
A room
in mind?
Most pieces begin with a conversation about the space.
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