The foundation of any piece is, of course, the clay. I love using various techniques like wheel throwing, hand building, and pressing the clay in moulds. Once the piece is shaped, it needs to dry for about a week. After that, the items are fired twice at temperatures between 1000 and 1060 degrees Celsius. The first firing is the so-called bisque fire, and the second one is the glaze fire. If desired, underglaze can be applied before the bisque firing. I fire my ceramics using a special microwave kiln called a 'hotpot'.

A technique that is perfectly suited for microwave kiln ('hotpot') firing is Raku. With this method, the piece is heated rapidly to 900–1000 degrees Celsius. Once it reaches the desired temperature, you take the piece straight out of the hotpot and place it into a small pot filled with sawdust. The sawdust catches fire, after which you seal the pot with a lid. After a few minutes, you open the pot and quench the piece in water to cool it down quickly. This oxygen deprivation, combined with the smoke and rapid cooling, creates unpredictable effects, colors, and patterns. Special Raku glaze delivers a beautiful metallic sheen with all kinds of color variations, while unglazed clay turns black.