About

Kia Handler Krøjgaard
Born 1985 in Herning, Denmark
Living in Amager, Copenhagen, Denmark

I started working with clay through a ceramic course in 2016. In the autumn 2017 I spent 2 months in a ceramic studio in Barcelona, where I worked full time on my own pieces. Since then I’ve had my space in a shared studio in Copenhagen where I keep exploring and creating.

My creations are usually rooted in nature, organic shapes and lifelike creatures. I study nature’s details, formations, colors, shapes and so on. I’m especially interested in the details which are not so easily seen. Such as high resolution insect images, growth formations, fungi.. I think it is really inspiring how everything is optimized for it’s purpose and similar shapes and patterns reoccur in different scale. One of the most beautiful things to me is a full life cycle, where all the earth’s species collaborate on using and generating resources for the next link in the chain.

Besides creating ceramics, I have a Master degree in Design Engineering where I work with research & development. I use similar creative methods from engineering to explore possibilities when working with clay. My motivation comes from wanting to understand how things work and how I can use different materials or techniques to create a new outcome.