Since 2023 the studio has made a big shift towards teaching others all about clay in a variety of workshops. Ever since shop updates with fresh pottery have been sparse. To make sure you never miss a restock follow along on Instagram!

Want to join a workshop? You can book one here.

You can book an appointment here.

The online shop is updated periodically, based on when and if I'm able to create a new batch of pots. Each restock will be different as I don't often recreate a series of pots. Want to know what I'm making? Follow along on Instagram.

My name is Emma and I am the founder, maker, designer, customer relations manager, cleaning lady, administration office and social media content maker at studio emma sophia. Just to say, it is a one woman show. :)

As a graduate from the fine art department of the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, I discovered ceramics shortly after finishing my fine art degree in 2014. At the end of that year I set out to do a simple beginners course in pottery to get myself back into making. There wasn’t much room to make simple things with my hands during my research and concept based art degree. It took only one pottery lesson for me to become obsessed.

After a few years of weekly pottery classes, whilst also trying to figure out what is life after art school, I had the opportunity to buy a small pottery wheel. Despite not having a clue where I would put it, I bought it anyway. Shortly after I left behind job and apartment in Rotterdam, moved back to my hometown Breda and rented my beautiful studio. This was in May 2017.

I remember setting up my wheel when the space was still mostly empty and throwing some pots. Panic set in when the pots turned out to be rubbish. What had I gotten myself into?!

In the years after I figured stuff out as I went along, threw hundreds of pots. Enough so my hands could make whatever my brain came up with, making pottery moved from my head into my muscles. I taught myself how taxes work (sort of). My first kiln was set up in my parents outhouse and I would get up at 3 AM to go check on it, fearing I would burn the whole place to the ground.

It is 2024 now and I'm getting close to my 10 year clay anniversary (clayversary?)! Ten years since I threw those first pots! I have made thousands of pots and sent them all around the world. I've worked together with beautiful shops and I've talked to many lovely customers at markets and pop-up events.

These days I'm focussing mostly on sharing my joy for working with clay teaching workshops. The wonder of using your own two hands to shape wet mud into your new favourite coffee cup has never left me. Its this feeling of wonder and play thats the center of my teaching journey. Of course I continue to make my own pottery during all of this, albeit a lot less than before.