My teaching experience stretches 31 years.
In 1995, I started working as a teacher at the Koorenhuis in The Hague. When it had to close its doors in 2013, I continued to work as a freelance teacher until 2020. In Zoetermeer, I joined the VAZ in 1999. This Vrije Academie Zoetermeer became part of the CKC. Later, the CKC took on partners and expanded its name.
I travel to Zoetermeer twice a week to teach. It is still a pleasure, and often a challenge, to help students develop their ideas and to supervise and fire all their work as effectively as possible.
content lessons
In glass processing, fusing is the core activity, remelting and reshaping existing glass in ovens. Techniques that you use for this are, for example, glass cutting, sandblasting and grinding. In order to fire properly, it is also essential to know how the material glass behaves.
Beginning students get acquainted with the possibilities through a number of technical assignments. Often a preference for a technique arises that people will explore further themselves.
OUTILLAGE CENTER
The glass workshops are held in Studio 4, where the jewellery-making courses also take place. Next to the studio is a separate room dedicated to glass. This is where we keep our materials and moulds, as well as our specialist equipment: four kilns, a sandblasting booth, a grinder, a drill press and a tilesaw.
Project-based lessons and loyal groups
I have some very loyal students; friendships have developed among them.
You want to offer regular students something new every now and then! Given my interest in techniques and my adventurous streak, this results in innovative workshops. The topics are developed in-house or devised by colleagues. I always provide them with a good description.