Nice to meet you!
I’m Nele, a maker, a learner, and an eternal student.
My fascination with ceramics began as it does for so many: with a sense of wonder, countless questions, and a strong desire to keep learning.
In 2020, I started Cursist as a personal experiment, a place to document my own learning process and gather the knowledge I couldn’t easily find elsewhere. What began as a side project quickly grew into a fully fledged platform for anyone who wants to deepen their understanding of ceramics.
Today, Cursist is a carefully curated knowledge platform, shaped by experts, experienced teachers and makers who truly master their craft. People who don’t just know how to do something, but why.
My role? I bring content, makers and form together. I focus on clarity, structure and quality, so you can learn in a way that genuinely makes sense. The combination of image, sound, editing, language and ceramics forms the backbone of everything you’ll find on Cursist.
I’m still learning every day. Experimenting, failing, trying again… And I’d love to take you along for the journey.
Will you learn with us?
Meet our teachers
José Mariscal
José Mariscal is a masterful ceramicist from Catalonia, Spain, who has been familiar with the potter’s wheel since childhood. He started working in his father’s pottery studio at the age of eight, where his passion for ceramics flourished.
He now creates unique stoneware and porcelain objects, often finished with delicate crystal glazes that give his work an elegant and almost poetic appearance.
His ceramics are exhibited and appreciated around the world. As well as pursuing his own artistic practice, he passes on his knowledge and craftsmanship by running workshops and masterclasses around the world. He is renowned for his elegant designs and impeccable technical skill.
Katie Lagast
Katie Lagast is a Belgian visual artist who has lived and worked in Lisbon since 2015. From her studio, she creates sculptures and installations in which architecture, nature, and traces of human activity converge . Silicone molds have played a central role in her work for many years and are an essential part of her creative process.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, and she has participated in various artist residencies in Europe. Drawing on her experience as an artist and teacher, Katie shares her knowledge in a clear, practical, and inspiring way. In her courses, you’ll not only learn the techniques behind silicone molds, but you’ll also discover how to use these techniques to develop your own visual language and explore new possibilities within your artistic practice.
Evelien De Winter
Inge Burgerhoudt
Inge of Kleur Keramiek first started working with ceramics in 2013. Prior to this, she worked as a fashion stylist for many years, having studied Fashion & Design at the Academy of Arts. Unsurprisingly, in addition to throwing, she soon started decorating and colouring her work. She found the creative possibilities she was looking for in engobes, with their endless techniques and colours. This passion continually presents new challenges in refining and combining techniques.
In her home studio, she creates stoneware and porcelain ceramics, which are often decorated using the sgraffito technique and sometimes combined with others. She also runs workshops on throwing and decorating and loves inspiring and helping other ceramicists to develop their skills.
Katrin Dekoninck
Katrin is a multimedia artist and expert in creating monumental sculptures in stoneware clay, fired in the ceramic kiln. Her work deals with the human condition and takes shapes in sculptures of subdued, wounded bodies of men and women. In the art world, her sculptures are held in high regard.
As well as her own artistic work, Katrin regularly takes on design projects for companies or architects. She also runs classes and workshops on modelling and sculpting at her studio in Mol.
Sofie De Cleene
Sofie De Cleene studied animation and has been highly creative since childhood. Through her ceramics and drawings, she explores the beauty of imperfection. Her drawings emerge from stains, her vases from dents, and her faces from amorphous shapes.
In 2022, she won the VTM pottery competition “De Schaal van Pascale.” At her ceramics studio, Studio Baksteen, you can take classes on the potter’s wheel, hand-building classes, open studio sessions, and custom workshops. “Because clay makes you happy—especially when you’re around!”
Rudie Delanghe
Ceramics has been the common thread running through Rudie Delanghe’s life. He is an experienced master ceramicist who teaches the country’s best ceramicists. He exhibits his work in his home country of Belgium and abroad, and he is best known for his large vases and raku pieces.
He is a seasoned teacher who has taught hundreds of people how to throw. He continues to share his expertise through workshops and masterclasses. Rudie lives and works in Fajac-en-Val in France.
Louise Daneels
Louise Daneels is a ceramic artist and illustrator. She studied illustration at KASK and ceramics and glass art at LUCA School of Arts. In her view, illustration and ceramics are “a match made in heaven.” She combines creating her own cheerfully coloured and illustrative work—which she exhibits both at home and abroad—with teaching hand-building as well as potter’s wheel throwing.
Kathleen Bessemans
Kathleen Bessemans has worked full-time as a ceramicist and designer since 2012. She has years of experience in a variety of ceramic techniques and also teaches at her own studio, where she enjoys inspiring others to take up the craft of ceramics. Her work ranges from tableware and jewellery to interior objects, and is invariably a search for beauty.
Sofie Goethals
Sofie of SOGO ceramics creates sleek, modern, 100% handmade functional ware. She works with both private clients and businesses.
In addition to throwing orders, Sofie also enjoys sharing her passion through workshops. Thanks to her scientific background, she is deeply fascinated by the world of glazes. She leads various theoretical and hands-on glazing workshops both at home and abroad. She also regularly organizes pottery-throwing courses on various themes for both beginners and advanced potters.
Caroline Kesteleyn
Caroline, also known as Caro-K, draws inspiration from a passion for design, creating beauty through the use of light colours, natural materials, minimalism and functionality.
Caroline has been a full-time potter/ceramicist since 2016. She set up her own studio, Caro-K. She now continues to develop Atelier Aimée together with Sybille. Her passion is enthusiastically passing on her love of pottery to students.
Aster Caemaert
To Aster, ceramics represent so much more than just a finished product. It is an ongoing process of discovering and rediscovering the clay. She has been creating with enthusiasm and educating herself in all aspects of pottery, glazing and firing for more than 20 years. This wonderful craft became a way of life for her.
Sharing her passion with students and colleagues is where Aster truly comes into her own. In recent years, the studio has grown alongside her enthusiasm and love for the craft.
Anima Roos
Anima Roos has been passionate about clay for decades. She has had her own studio for 40 years. She exhibits her work both in the Netherlands and abroad. Over the years, she has explored a wide variety of ceramic techniques. As an experienced instructor, she enjoys sharing her expertise with her students.
Veerle Van Overloop
Veerle Van Overloop studied Ceramics at the University of Art and Design in Antwerp (Sint-Lucas), and has completed a number of masterclasses. Veerle put her label Fou de Feu on the Belgian design map in 2009 with her pure passion and timeless collections.
Her main influences are architecture, photography, design and food culture. Her work combines a variety of materials in a simple, pure way.
Fernand Everaert
Fernand Everaert is a master ceramicist and craftsman. He worked as a metal design teacher for 30 years and has been working as an independent ceramicist and teacher for over 45 years. He runs workshops and courses at his Lochristi studio, where he specialises in clay and ceramics. He lives and breathes clay. “No matter how you look at it, the clay makes you feel alive.”