hello sweet friends, how do you find yourselves today? i truly hope you had a great start of the week, because even with a lot of work, i think this has been a good monday!! however, it is tremendously hot again in lisbon, so it gets a little hard at night to get some sleep… small place… very small place… very hot house! so, here we are again with this {handmade pledge} edition, and today we have a very talented lady that brings joy to our lives… even when we have a cup of tea, or eat a piece of cake. do you have a clue? this lady has been delighted in these last few months, because she is carrying a beautiful baby girl… this lady has very talented hands and creative mind… as she creates the most splendid ceramic pieces… with pops of colours and details that are pure delight for me… she draws garlands and decorates her ceramics with bunting images… and these are my favourite!!
“i’m Nina, i’m 27 years old and i live in the netherlands. i’m part-time working on my Ninainvorm shop, i work mainly with ceramics, screenprinting and collage.”
“but i also love photography, graphic & interior design and writing, and try to combine all those interests on my blog, ninainvorm.punt.nl. besides that i’m finishing my thesis at university, which is a pretty difficult process, and in december i will have my first baby, so times are pretty busy here!
i’ve always been interested in art, design & craft, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that this interest started to get a more serious shape. first I started my blog, that was mainly about interior design and documenting my own creative process in decorating my house and making ceramics.”
“the art & design blog community had already been inspiring me a lot, but when i became actively part of it i started to get more and more enthusiastic to become more creative and take my own craft to a higher level. so step by step it all evolved, and throughout the years i developed my blog & shop more and more, and i was lucky to get a lot of attention from magazines and other blogs and websites for my work & blog.
i started my shop with mainly ceramics, but after a while i also started selling my collages and (screen) prints.”
“having your own creative business is pretty challenging, but also rewarding. it’s wonderful to be part of such a flourishing and inspiring online community and to be able to show and sell your work to people all over the world. sometimes the world feels so small when you’re blogging!”
“i don’t have very specific goals, though i’m always keen to learn more, improve my skills and find ways to professionalize certain aspects of my work process. sometimes I dream about working on a larger scale, with a more serious production process so that i can work with larger series, but on the other hand the small-scale handwork also definitely has it’s own charm.”
asides from these beautiful ceramics, nina also creates colourful prints… just like this one!
you can say hello to nina {here}! you can follow her work (and little girl!) {here}! you can delight a friend or your home with pops of colour and lovely bunting {here}! and this is it for today, lovely readers! i hope you have enjoyed these amazing pieces from nina, and say hello to her!
Isabel says
Wow!!! This is really cute, thanks for sharing. I'm in love with all of those things.
Have a nice day, dear.
Twiggs says
Hello Isabel, thank you so much for coming!! You are turning into my sweetest reader, always leaving such nice thoughts!!! :) Thank you dear!! I am really really happy that you have enjoyed these pieces! Hugs, Twiggs