I live and design by these eight words:

Aesthetics Function Scale Texture Color Balance Message Flow

These days I call Seattle in Washington home, but I am originally from Denmark and moved to the US in 2000. My Scandinavian roots still strongly influence my designs. I have been making ceramics for more than five years.

I explore the fine line between ‘just plain’ and the splendid beauty that is simple, clean design. I chase, with a fierce abandon, calm and raw honesty through strong form compounded by the quiet of my neutral color palette.

I work with stoneware and sometimes porcelain and terracotta, mostly on the wheel. My work is often a mixture of wheel thrown pieces with a hand-built element to them, such as the attachment of a foot or a handle, stenciling or carving of a pattern.

By request, I teach hand-building workshops and wheel mentoring to both new and seasoned ceramicists. Lighting someone up by helping them achieving new skills through my teaching style fuels my soul.

Here is an even longer version of all things me on my katjakromann.com portfolio.