About the maker
Pim van Huisseling (b. 1953, Langenboom, Netherlands) lives and works in Steyl, near Venlo, the Netherlands. Initially trained as a nurse, she worked with mentally disabled people before travelling extensively between 1978 and 1983, visiting Afghanistan, India, Spain, Israel and other countries.
In 1991 van Huisseling and Niek Hoogland established a pottery studio at Grotestraat 52 in Tegelen. Two years later they moved to a larger studio at Bongerdstraat 26A in Tegelen, and in 1997 relocated their workshop, shop, and family to Parkstraat 11B in Steyl, where they continue to work full time as potters.
Van Huisseling trained in studio techniques with Niek Hoogland from 1991 and later undertook pottery training with Joop Crompvoets at Pottenbakkerij de Walsberg in Swalmen between 2002 and 2006. Together they make slipware ceramics for daily use as well as more experimental work for exhibitions and commissions. Most work is wheel-thrown or slab-built, decorated with coloured slips or engobes using brushes and slip trailers. Subtle decoration is achieved through sgraffito, scratching through a white slip to reveal the red clay beneath. Finished pieces are coated with a transparent glaze and fired to 1,100 °C in gas or electric kilns.
Van Huisseling’s work is in public collections including the Rufford Ceramic Centre, Ollerton, UK, El Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias “González Martí” in Valencia, Spain, and the Adolf Egner Collection, Valencia, Spain. Her ceramics draw on the centuries-old slipware tradition of the Lower Rhine region while exploring contemporary forms and personal expression.