My name is Lisanne Lammers (1970). I’m a contemporary artist and ceramist based in Beek en Donk, the Netherlands.
My career started in pottery and ceramics, using my own throwing wheel and kiln at home. Practicing, experimenting and learning from my results. To improve my pottery throwing skills I took lessons at the Pieter Breughel Institute (Veghel, Netherlands) in 1992, leading to the decision to choose a formal Art Academy education. Initially a Sculpting course one day a week in Arendonk (Belgium), and the subsequent year full time at art school.
From 1995 to 2000 I followed the daytime Sculpture program at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp (Belgium). Topics like anatomic drawing and sculpting, modeling, welding, mixed media were all part of the curriculum. During my Bachelor years in Antwerp I also took the opportunity to combine the regular day program with additional evening lessons. In the first year drawing lessons and the following two years restoration painting, learning techniques like watercolor painting, gilding, tempora, etc.
After my education in Antwerp, I moved back to the Netherlands. During my spare time, I worked in my own studio at home. Mainly with ceramics and styled sculptures, but also wooden objects, modelling and mixed media.
I also worked as a coach for amateur ceramic artists at the Howeko foundation.
As the drive for additional skills and challenges in the arts remained, I started in 2015 with a part time mixed-media education at the Municipal Academy of Fine Arts in Arendonk (Belgium). It provided me with challenging project assignments that drive me to create exciting new work in my studio.
In 2020 I began with my project “The Years of my Life” , in which I used materials and techniques that were related to traditional printing craftmanship. Printing machinery and materials were added to my ceramic studio. This resulted in a additional study in printmaking techniques, like etching, letterpress printing and lithography.
Currently I’m a full time artist. Next to ceramics and printing techniques, also mixed media. The constant element in my work is still ceramics.
One idea leading to many others…