I'M PHILIPP. I MAKE NERIKOMI CERAMICS IN A STUDIO IN THE FOREST BY THE ISAR — EACH PIECE CUT FROM A HAND-BUILT BLOCK OF COLOURED CLAY. THE PATTERN RUNS INSIDE, LIKE RINGS IN A TREE, AND CAN'T BE REPEATED *
Built, folded and shaped entirely by hand in my studio — true Nerikomi, no transfers, no printed pattern.
ONE OF A KIND
Every piece is a single cut through a unique clay block. The pattern can never occur twice.
SHIPPED WITH CARE
Carefully packed to survive the journey — each piece checked before it leaves the studio.
NOTHING WASTED
Every scrap of clay is reclaimed and reused, and the kiln only fires when it's full. No toxic materials.
THE NERIKOMI PROCESS
THE PATTERN IS BUILT IN LAYERS, REVEALED BY THE CUT *
Every pattern starts as loose colour: clays tinted by hand, wedged, rolled into thin sheets, then stacked and folded, layer over layer, until the image sits inside the block. Nothing is drawn and nothing is printed. The pattern exists as structure, long before there's a piece to carry it.
