Klaas de Boer

Ceramicist Klaas de Boer is a globetrotter. He prefers to spend his time looking for traces of ancient cultures. China, Japan, Egypt or South America. And he is a nature lover at heart. In his work, references to ancient cultures and timeless nature can be found. Yet his work looks modern. A balanced effect is achieved by tight shapes and beautiful colors combined with decorations scratched into the clay.

From the first day at the Rietveld Academy Klaas de Boer knew he wanted to become a ceramist. It was in the early sixties, the period in which ceramics developed from applied ceramics to independent art. Picasso and the Cobra movement had already worked with ceramics in an unusual way and played a decisive role in Klaas de Boer's development. Clay was more than a plate or a teapot.