The EKWC offers its residents an excellently equipped centre in which to explore their artistic impulses and develop their work.
In addition to workshops with advanced technical amenities, residents can enjoy large studios, private bedrooms, a library, a large communal kitchen and outside space.
The EKWC attaches great importance to equal opportunity and strives to create an open, inclusive and equal environment where everyone has the opportunity to flourish. We encourage people of all ages, all cultural and ethnic backgrounds, and with all physical characteristics to apply.
The EKWC is accessible to people with disabilities and all facilities are wheelchair accessible. Should you need additional guidance or support, please do not hesitate to contact us and we will discuss the possibilities.
The workshops
EKWC has well-equipped workshops for mold-making, glaze, metal, wood.
Our mold-making workshop includes both traditional and digital mold-making techniques.
The glaze-room is stocked with a wide array of glaze chemistry, pigments and oxides, as well as a library of test-tiles from which residents can find preliminary information about, and recipes for, their own glaze tests and experiments.
Our metal workshop is equipped with a MIG welder, drill-press, and a variety of hand-tools.
The wood workshop has a large wall-saw, band-saw, mitre-saw, belt-sander, as well as a good store of hand tools available for use.
Proper, advance knowledge of these tools (and their safe usage) is required. For those residents without prior experience, detailed instruction and/or supervision will be given by our advisors/staff.
advisers
Our team of experienced technical advisers specialises in guiding creative professionals through the ceramic process, even if they have little or no previous experience with ceramics. The advisers do not do the work for you. They present options, provide instructions and advice on the practical aspects of the work, and help overcome any complications that may arise, while always leaving residents complete creative freedom. The resident’s research, ideas and imagination are always front and centre. The EKWC advisers don’t just share their knowledge and experience, but are also eager to learn from the residents’ expertise and insights. This encourages experimentation, with the ceramic process serving as the catalyst for an ongoing mutual exchange.
The kilns
The kiln hall houses two large electric kilns and six gas-fired kilns, the largest of which has a capacity of 6,000 litres. There are also a number of smaller electric test kilns, including a gradient kiln.
Most of the EKWC kilns have been custom built by Blaauw Products, a company that has been manufacturing kilns for over thirty years. Computer-controlled monitoring systems ensure a carefully programmed firing process.
soundlab
EKWC set up the Soundlab as part of its ongoing research programme into ceramics and sound; it is a dedicated studio space for experimenting with and recording audio. It is also home to the Soundlab ceramics library, an archive of ceramic instruments designed to assist residents in their research, to which they can add their own instruments.
The Soundlab has been designed to be flexible, with removable sound-absorbing panels to meet various acoustic requirements.
There is a set of measurement microphones, several contact microphones and a variety of standard recording microphones available. There are portable speakers, cables, a multichannel (16 input channels, expandable) interface, and an in-house computer (Mac) equipped with audio editing software (Adobe Audition). We encourage residents to bring their own equipment and use their preferred editing software to supplement or enhance this standard equipment.
The EKWC Soundlab does not offer sound or recording engineering services. In 2026, we are going to launch ‘Sound & Ceramics’, a pilot project in collaboration with Willem Twee Studios in Den Bosch, a workshop for electronic music. Residents will also be able to make use of the facilities and expertise at Willem Twee Studios during their residency.
library
The EKWC library holds a growing collection of books on a wide range of subjects, including technical manuals (ceramics and glaze chemistry), art history, exhibition catalogues, art collections and monographs – including publications by alumni – and a collection of limited-edition books.
To search the catalogue, please visit our library page >
