Het sprekende beeld

Het sprekende beeld

Het sprekende beeld/The talking image 5 to 30 January 2019 Opening: Saturday 5 January at 4 PM Illustrators: Anna van Dooren, Esther Sepers, ML Wasiela, Atelier Tenk, Pepijn van den Nieuwendijk (Cirque de Pepin) and Geoffrey van Dijk. In 2007 Grafisch Atelier Den Bosch made the exhibition ‘Buiten het boekje’ (Outside the booklet), in which […]

Jingdezhen 2018

Jingdezhen 2018

From December 8 until December 29, 2018 I was in China. Most of the time in the porcelain capital Jingdezhen, and only a few days in Shanghai. In Jingdezhen I painted two large scale blue and white vases in a small and cold but rather awesome factory pretty far from Downtown Jingdezhen. Fantastic time and […]

There was a dragon in the shop

There was a dragon in the shop

Dragons of Ming for sale I just reopened my Etsy store, yeah! My store is at http://etsy.com/shop/CirqueDePepin Just added 11 ceramic “Dragons”. These dragons are from my ‘Dragons of Ming’ series. For this project, inspired by my travels to Jingdezhen, China and my sparked interest in historic Chinese porcelain, I make vases, sculptures and these […]

The kiln Gods have decided

The kiln Gods have decided

She opened the kiln and it was good. Two new ceramic sculptures. I was expecting the Majolica in a somewhat blue-gray color. I previously did a test on a different glaze and temperature. (And did not have time for new tests). But on this specific glaze (and higher temperature) it was still just brilliant blue, […]

Tussen kunst en geschiedenis • Between art and history

Tussen kunst en geschiedenis • Between art and history

Exhibition ‘Between art and history’ This Saturday the exhibition ‘Between art and history’ opens at the Stedelijk Museum Coevorden. Pepijn has made new ceramic work especially for this exhibition. Museum Coevorden Haven 4 7741 JV Coevorden The Netherlands The Stedelijk Museum Coevorden aims to bring the history of Coevorden to the public in a surprising […]

An incredible honour: working with Jan Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018)

An incredible honour: working with Jan Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018)

Jan Cornelis Snoeck (5 March 1927 – 31 March 2018) was a Dutch sculptor and ceramist Such an incredible honour that I have been asked to paint a large sculpture by Dutch sculptor Jan Snoeck. Flowers in blue and white. When I was chatting with Jan a few years ago at Struktuur 68 studio in […]