Hello! My name is Lana, the maker behind Bakkie Pleur.

My journey into ceramics began as a lifeline during a burnout, when my creative spark seemed lost for a long time. As a child, I was always surrounded by pencils, paper, clay, fabric, glitter and paint. Crafting made me so happy, and I wondered where that spark had gone. The creativity came back while joining a ceramics course, and I couldn’t get enough of it! Whenever I'm working with clay, it feels like reliving the crafting days of my childhood.

Wanting to spend more time doing pottery, I started Bakkie Pleur from my dinner table in my student room. I bought a pack of clay, filmed myself creating and started sharing the clumsy videos online. In 2022, I found a studio space in an artists’ collective in Utrecht Overvecht. That’s where Bakkie Pleur could flourish.